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"In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could...
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Desperate to attract subscribers to his fledgling website, "Journey to the Dark Side," ex-adrenaline junkie and slacker Simon Newman hires someone to guide him through the notorious Cwm Pot caves so he can film the journey and put it on his site. After a brutal struggle for survival, Simon barely escapes with his life, but predictably, the gruesome footage he managed to collect down in the earth's bowels goes viral. Ignoring the warning signs of mental...
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2013
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English
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A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror.
It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers — a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young...
It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers — a British poet and veteran of the Great War, a young...
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Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
101 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
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English
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When a plane goes missing over Mount Everest, Jack and his fellow agents must brave the highest mountain on Earth to recover its cargo--the first true yeti skull ever recovered.
6) The climb
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Everest volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
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151 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Everest. The ultimate climb. The greatest of risks. Four kids are on a quest to reach the top. But their ascent is not easy. The weather is harsh. The competition is harasher. Then the unexpected happens, and the climbing contest becomes a life-or-death rescue mission. No one is guaranteed to survive."--Page 4 of cover.
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