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The Contest  
Author: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 0439401399
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Four kids. One mountain.They come from all across America to be the youngest kid ever to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first. The competition is fierce. The preparation is intense. The challenge is breathtaking. When the final four reach the higher peaks, disaster strikes -- and all that separates the living from the dead is chance, bravery, and action.





The Contest

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
One mountain. One winner. Four hopefuls. In the first thrilling book of Gordon Korman's Everest series, The Contest, a group of daring young mountain climbers compete for the chance to scale the world's highest peak. In a robust story line that keeps the characters' relationships as tense as their safety cords, we follow along as 19 kids are eliminated from the SummitQuest contest, leaving only four. Decided by the focused Cap Cicero, a world-class alpinist, the competition takes several unexpected twists -- including a climber's surprising pullout and one candidate's life-threatening fall into an icy crevasse -- as the group is quickly narrowed to a core few. Will the billionaire's timid nephew make the cut, and what secret is he hiding? Could the expedition handle the nasty Tilt Crowley? What about the extreme Sammi, experienced but flawed Bryn, or the two courageous Alexis brothers? Whoever makes it, this fierce first book sets us up with mountain-sized action and suspense. Just as cool as Korman's Island books. Matt Warner

FROM THE PUBLISHER

They come from all across America to be the youngest kid ever to climb Everest. But only one will reach the top first. The competition is fierce. The preparation is intense. The challenge is breathtaking. When the final four reach the higher peaks, disaster strikes -- and all that separates the living from the dead is chance, bravery, and action.

     



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