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* “A winner at every level.” —Booklist, starred review of Peak The International Peace Ascent is the brainchild of billionaire Sebastian Plank: Recruit a global team of young climbers and film an inspiring, world-uniting documentary. The adventure begins when fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello and his mountaineer mother are helicoptered to a remote base camp in the Hindu Kush Mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. When the camp is attacked and his mother taken, Peak has no choice but to track down the perpetrators to try to save her. Fans of the bestselling Peak will be thrilled with this gripping, high-stakes sequel.
The Edge, by Roland Smith- Amazon Sales Rank: #44370 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-06
- Released on: 2015-10-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.30" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
From School Library Journal Gr 6–10—Six months after a perilous attempt to summit Mount Everest in Peak (HMH, 2007), 15-year-old Peak Marcello and a film crew are off to climb the Pamir mountains of Afghanistan. Dubbed the Peace Climb, in which 200 international teens are climbing the world's various mountains simultaneously, the event offers Peak an opportunity to exercise his Spiderman-like skills on something other than the tall buildings in his native New York. Joined by his mother, Teri, an experienced climber who was known as The Fly in her day, and by Zopa, a respected Sherpa friend from Everest, Peak is more focused on the climb than on Afghanistan's outlaw factions, which pose more than a slight travel risk. When kidnappers kill the documentary director and two guides and take Teri, Zopa, and others in the middle of the night, Peak and ex-Marine climber Ethan set out to rescue them. A budding romantic interest in one of the teen hostages, French climber Josette, is one more reason Peak runs into the face of danger with no weapon, no means of communication, and temperature extremes that ensure an untimely death. All the while being tracked by a shen (snow leopard), the unlikely heroes pool their military and outdoor survival knowledge for a nail-biting rescue attempt that will have middle school and older reluctant readers turning pages. VERDICT Extreme sports meets ruthless killers in a survival-of-the-fittest chase.—Vicki Reutter, State University of New York at Cortland
Review "Readers familiar with the first book and newcomers alike will enjoy this trek."—Publishers Weekly "Extreme sports meets ruthless killers in a survival-of-the-fittest chase."—School Library Journal "This sequel easily stands by itself, though readers new to Peak's world are likely to be so enthralled by the mountain-climbing action that they will go back to the previous book to tackle Everest with Peak as well."—Horn Book Magazine
About the Author Roland Smith is a former zookeeper and leading expert on red wolves as well as an author. He lives on a small farm near Portland, Oregon.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Cat and Mouse In Afghanistan By prisrob 4.5 starsMy grandson and I both read this book. He liked it a lot, I thought it was superb for a ten year old. He is a voracious reader, and is quite critical of some books. He knows what he likes and what is not going to interest him.Peak Marcello and his mother are invited to Afghanistan to climb with an international peace climb group. Afghanistan would give me pause, but off they went. The premise is multiple climbers, 200 in all, climbing indifferent areas all over the world. This is a book filled with some violence and multiple stressors, I would suggest you know how much your child can handle. In Afghanistan there is a constant tension between tribes and areas, and several of the climbers are kidnapped. In this group is Peak's mother, and Peak is determined to find and rescue her.I particularly liked the parts of the book that described climbing. I have always had an interest in Everest and the high mountains in Asia. I have followed and read the stories of the mountain climbers,and in particular the seasons when difficulties arise. This was all new to my grandson, and he liked the storyline and the climbing. Peak and his counterparts who were searching for his mother with him, filled the book with tension. Peak is an interesting character, and my grandson would like to read the author's first book,and others to follow. My grandson looked up Afghanistan on his globe. and then read a little bit about its history. The book also included Afghan history, and it was a good tool for educating children.Recommended. prisrob 09-17-15
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. "I LOVE this novel By Amazon Customer I tell my students not to use capitals but more sophisticated vocabulary and I am sure Vincent would agree, but forgive me for saying, "I LOVE this novel!!" I laughed out loud so many times and even made my family stop what they were doing to read sections to them - - and they laughed too. I cried, no wept in other sections and with the vivid description of the terror the characters' experienced, I was scared to death.I had to wait until this year's group of seventh graders finished PEAK before I could start, so their was a great deal of anticipation building especially when my co-teacher came in starting to talk excitedly about the book and I had to stop him. It did not disappoint - what a ride.I have used PEAK with seventh graders since the novel came out and know the characters and Roland's writing maybe better than he does. (just kidding, Roland). Thank you Roland Smith for including Zopa. When I talk to students about which characters would have to stay if there was a sequel Zopa is always at the top of the list and the two Peas not far behind. Also, it was thrilling to have Teri in the picture as well - what a great Mom.I would disagree with those who compare PEAK to this novel. While they have some of the same characters and oh, how I love the characters, they are two very different books. PEAK is clearly about Peak and Everest. I believe THE EDGE is truly about the hope for PEACE. When Zopa tells Peak to ask the other characters how he wants the story to end... BRILLIANT!! Students could spend a week discussing all of the elements of literature!! And for those who just want to read and not analyze, it is a quirky twist that shows how we as a society need to take back the narrative. The snow leopard shadow is has to be my favorite as I believe animals are truly intuitive! Books should make us feel and think - - this novel does that in a divine way. Thank you, Roland Smith!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. It's a sequel to Peak but you don't need to have to read the first book to enjoy this book By John B. Goode This young reader book is 236 pages and a very quick read. It's a sequel to Peak but you don't need to have to read the first book to enjoy this book. The setting of this story is Peak, a young mountain climber and his peace climb in the Pamirs.The story veered off in a way that I did not expect. Young climbers will enjoy this story though it isn't only or all about climbing, It's more a thriller. In a way, I do wish there was more written about the climbing experience as it provided an interesting background. Which reminds me that as the setting was in Afghanistan, there was some description of the country and what it had gone through/is going through politically. And again, I felt the author could have gone into more detail there too. The part that surprised me was that there was quite a bit of violence in it. I don't want to go into detail but suffice it to say that quite a few characters did not make it.Apart from all that, the writing was quite well written and easy to read as befits a young readers book. The characters were all well drawn and realistic. It only took me a quick two days to finish the book and I enjoyed it. I would summarize this book as a climbing thriller that takes place in the Pamirs with a lot of adult content.
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