Sunday, July 14, 2013

Peak by Roland Smith

Peak is an amazing book by one of my favorite authors Roland Smith.  Peak is a story that you will read again and again, enjoying it every time.

Peak is about a boy named, well, Peak. Peak spends his spare time illegally climbing and tagging skyscrapers in New York City.  Eventually he gets caught and could possibly spend 3 years in juvenile detention.  But just at the right time his long lost father offers him a chance to go with him to Nepal to climb Mount Everest.  Peak agrees but suspects that there are a few strings attached.  In this gut wrenching story, Peak is faced with a daunting task- climb Mount Everest and come down alive.

I was introduced to this book through my school's book club- Battle of the Books.  It's the best book that they have asked us to read and kudos to them for making such a good decision.  Peak has a lot of moving parts and I enjoy that.  This includes his relationship with his father and his new friend Sun-Jo the sherpa and their problems with the Chinese law enforcement that keeps interfering with their climbs.  The one thing that I think this book is missing is the relationship with his mother and twin half-sisters "the two peas".  He makes only a few calls to them but it leaves a profound effect.  I have read this book four or five times and it gets better every time.

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