To the Top!

Climbing the World's Highest Mountain

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Paperback
$5.99 US
6"W x 9"H x 0.16"D  
On sale Mar 31, 1993 | 48 Pages | 978-0-679-83885-2
| Grades 6-8
Reading Level: Lexile 690L | Fountas & Pinnell N
Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay's perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whipping winds, and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt.
S. A. KRAMER is the author of many nonfiction early readers on topics as varied as submarines and the first summit of Mount Everest. She has written many sports readers, including the recently revised edition of Basketball’s Greatest Players. Kramer lives in Brooklyn, New York. View titles by S. A. Kramer
"This is just the book to hook adventure-lovers on biographies. "--School Library Journal.  

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Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay's perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whipping winds, and the grim knowledge that 19 others had died in the same attempt.

Author

S. A. KRAMER is the author of many nonfiction early readers on topics as varied as submarines and the first summit of Mount Everest. She has written many sports readers, including the recently revised edition of Basketball’s Greatest Players. Kramer lives in Brooklyn, New York. View titles by S. A. Kramer

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"This is just the book to hook adventure-lovers on biographies. "--School Library Journal.  

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