The Contest (2004)

RGG: Exciting, "cliff hanger" about adolescents trying to make the team to climb Mt. Everest. Some of the characters could be sketched out better, but readers will be anxious to read the entire series. Reading Level: 10-14.

RGG: Exciting, "cliff hanger" about adolescents trying to make the team to climb Mt. Everest. Some of the characters could be sketched out better, but readers will be anxious to read the entire series. Reading Level: 10-14.

RGG: Exciting, "cliff hanger" about adolescents trying to make the team to climb Mt. Everest. Some of the characters could be sketched out better, but readers will be anxious to read the entire series. Reading Level: 10-14.

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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 ( )

A good Young Adult for the young adventurer in your life. A contest...a win...a dream come true. Who will be the next youngest person to climb Everest? I'm off to read the next one in the series! Know any young adventurous types who might like a cool story to read? ( )