TY - BOOK AU - Korman,Gordon TI - Everest : The Climb T2 - Everest SN - 0439405068 U1 - F KOR PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Survival KW - Fiction KW - Mountaineering KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Large type books KW - Authors, Canadian KW - Canadian fiction KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Action & Adventure N1 - "An Apple Paperback."; Interest level: Ages 8-12; Reading level: Grade 4; This work in alternate format is reproduced with the permission of the Canadian Reprography Collection. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students. N2 - 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 ER -