Title: Banner in the Sky
First published: 1954
Description: Rudi dreams of climbing to the summit of the Citadel, the highest mountain in Switzerland. His father was the only man who dared to approach the top and he died in the pursuit. Now Rudi yearns to complete the quest.

Adolescence.
Subjects: Fiction, Mountaineering, Adventure and adventurers, Mountaineers, Newbery Honor, Children's stories, Newbery honor book, Young adult fiction, Adventure stories, Juvenile fiction, Alps, Rock climbing, Newbery Medal, Children's fiction, Love, fiction, Alps, fiction, Mountaineering, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Music, History and criticism
Places: Switzerland, Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)
LC classification: PZ7.U34 Ban