Peak
Harcourt, Inc.
Peak, a fourteen-year-old boy, has been raised mostly in New York City by his mother and stepfather with his twin half sisters worshipping the ground he walks on. Peak is a climber. His parent's are climbers, too, and that's why he hasn't seen his biological father in years; he's too busy making a name for himself climbing prestigious mountain ranges. Obviously, prestigious mountain ranges are scarce in the middle of New York so Peak resorts to climbing skyscrapers instead. But then he gets caught and the concequences could mean jail until he turns 18. Instead, his dad swoops in and offers to take Peak out of the country until then and the judge agrees. What no one else knows, however, is that Peak's father plans to put Peak on the summit of Mount Everest during that time. Although the surface story line is about the struggles of climbing the tallest mountain in the world, Peak finds himself facing a whole lot of other life changing challenges.
WARNING: One or two swear words and mild descriptions of ailments involving severe mountain climbing, involving seeing corpses along the way.
Personal opinion:
Um, this was a REALLY great book. It didn't have some mind-boggling hidden meaning or anything like that, but the story line and the morals were absolutely amazing. Smith puts Peak in situations that are so frustrating but by the end of the book, you are in complete awe at the way Peak chooses to handle them. I'm still in awe at how simple and yet profound the last few chapters were. Once again, you don't have to go digging to find what Smith was trying to say, it's a surface read, but amazing nonetheless. Great book for readers who are reluctant or just don't enjoy it too much, or really for anyone else. It was easy and catchy and I loved it.
Other book by Roland Smith: Jack's Run, Cryptid Hunters, Zach's Lie, The Last Lobo, Thunder Cave.
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