Peak by Roland Smith

Peak by Roland Smith is about a boy named Peak who got into BIG trouble when he used his climbing gear to scale some of the tallest buildings in New York City. When he finally got caught spray painting his blue mountain tags at the top of the Woolworth Building, his sentence was to live out the rest of his days until his 18th birthday as far away from New York as possible. He went to Tibet to live with his dad, a famous climber. Little did Peak know that his dad had different plans for him. Josh, Peak's dad, ran a mountain climbing business that took paying guests up to the tallest peaks, including Everest. Josh has a plan for Peak to be the youngest American to make it to the summit of Mt. Everest!

This was a great book - full of action, adventure and suspense! I was really rooting for Peak the entire time. The ending was a surprise, but I wouldn't change it! Awesome adventure story!! This is one of the 2009 - 2010 Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees.