num_pages: 240
description: Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello hasnt climbed since intentionally failing to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hes been enjoying life at sea level spending his time with the Two Peashis younger twin sistersand being a regular law-abiding teenager. But then his old climbing buddies JR Will and Jack show up with an offer Peak may not be able to refuse: the International Peace Ascent. The billionaire Sebastian Plank is recruiting a global team of young climbers to make an inspiring world-uniting documentary. Peaks been chosen as the U.S. representative. A part of him wants to stay home and out of the spotlight. But another part is itching to get back out there. In the end the itch has got to be scratched and Peak along with his mom is helicoptered in to a remote base camp in the Hindu Kush Mountains.But the trip quickly goes from good time to nightmare. Attacked by an unknown and unseen enemy some of the climbers are kidnappedincluding Peaks mom.Peak has no choice but to go after them.
language: English
title: The Edge
publisher: Clarion Books