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Ever Rest

Ever Rest
  • Author(s): Roz Morris
  • Location(s): Nepal, London, Mount Everest, Shropshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s and 2014

Twenty years ago, Hugo and Ash were on top of the world. As the acclaimed rock band Ashbirds they were poised for superstardom. Then Ash went missing, lost in a mountaineering accident, and the lives of Hugo and everyone...

Dixon, Descending

Dixon, Descending
  • Author(s): Karen Outen
  • Location(s): Mount Everest
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Dixon was once an Olympic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second, and ever since that pain decades ago, he hasn’t allowed a goal to consume him. But when his charming older brother, Nate, suggests...

Everest

Everest
  • Author(s): Sangma Francis, Lisk Feng (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Mount Everest
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

It is the highest spot on planet Earth, known to many as the roof of the world and the ultimate challenge for mountain-climbing adventurers. Welcome to Mount Everest. Mount Everest is undoubtedly the most famous mountain on Earth. Hundreds...

Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
  • Author(s): Alexandra Stewart, Joe Todd-Stanton (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Mount Everest
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever . Their...

Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains

Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains
  • Author(s): Rebel Girls, Montse Galbany (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Japan, Mount Everest
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first female climber to summit Mount Everest. Junko is bad at athletics. Really bad. Other students laugh...

The Moth and the Mountain

The Moth and the Mountain
  • Author(s): Ed Caesar
  • Location(s): Mount Everest
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

The untold story of Britain’s most mysterious mountaineering legend – Maurice Wilson – and his heroic attempt to climb Everest alone. In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I...

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