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Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Find out about the life of rock climbers in this cool new Chapter book, part of an Extreme Adventure strand featuring high-adrenaline stories about real explorers. With gripping--and TRUE--stories of incredible adventures, Rock Stars! takes readers on three amazing journeys of ultimate survival. From New York's Central Park to the towering Himalaya, no peak is too high for these extreme rock climbers! Perfect for all readers who love exciting, real-life,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Join Nepalese climber Nimsdai Purja as he recounts his journey to scale all 8,000 meter "Death Zone" mountains in seven months. In this action-packed memoir, young readers will not only learn how Nimsdai physically accomplished this incredible feat, butalso how his attitude, leadership skills, and willingness to learn from mistakes took him to the top. From his childhood growing up in Nepal, to a career as an elite soldier in the British army, Nimsdai...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
The peak of Mount Everest is the highest place on Earth-and one of the deadliest. Terrible storms stop climbers in their tracks! Avalanches tumble down! Brave adventurers disappear on the snowy slopes. Then Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay decide to climb. They come from different cultures, but their dream is the same. Can teamwork help them make it to the roof of the world?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Tenzing was young, he spent much of his childhood tending to the family's yaks and gazing up at the Himalaya mountains, dreaming of the day he would reach the top. Once he grew up, he joined many other Sherpas who were offering to take Europeans up the highest mountain of all--Chomolungma or Everest. It was the chance he needed to make his childhood dream a reality. He went on many expeditions, some more dangerous than others, but Tenzing never...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and they had ascended Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different, yet equally determined, men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds, and death-defying...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Every important person needs to know about the exciting exploits of awesome adventurers, and now they can! Read hundreds of fun facts about exciting moments from history. Learn about the lives of explorers, daredevils, pioneers, and trailblazers. Discover the stories behind amazing events that shaped the world... and much, much more" --
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