Battle of the Books Review: Peak

Peak by Roland Smith

Reviewed by: Reah, Gr. 7
Peak is an amazing book. It involves friendship, trust, and one of the most famous mountains in the world-Mount Everest. When Peak Marcello is busted by the cops for scaling and tagging a skyscraper, he is sent to court. The judge decides to put Peak on probation and make him pay a fine. The state will refund the money if Peak follows his probation. Peak would have to leave New York that day so the story that the media is talking about would die down. When Peak leaves New York to go live with his dad in Thailand, he finds out that his dad, the famous Joshua Wood, is going to take him to climb Mount Everest. If Peak makes it to the top before his 15th birthday, he will be the youngest person to ever climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Will he make it in time? I really enjoyed this book and was glued right to it.



Reviewed by: Varun, Gr. 9
I enjoyed this book. Reading about mountain climbing is always cool because it is so adventurous. Also, it is pretty dangerous and people are breaking the law, which gives it an interesting twist. The main character is very nice.