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Whenever Dominic saw something, a structure or a tall object he wondered how he could get to the top. Dominic is only thirteen and he is very short, but he loved the thrill of climbing anything. Instead of using the stairs he gets out to the front yard through his window. He grasps each brick carefully and like a spider quickly shuffles down to the bottom. He was born in a house of climbers. His brother, a very tall 16 year old named Chris was better than Dominic at climbing because of his size. Dominic’s dad taught him everything to know about climbing. Dominic’s mom thought Dominic new a little to much about climbing.

There was a contest that Dominic wanted to enter but because he was very short the only way he could be in the contest was to win a wild card spot. The only way to get a wild card spot was to collect a letters to spell EVEREST. The letters were either on the rappers of Summit Energy Bars or under the caps of Summit Energy drinks. Four kids would be able to climb Mount Everest, but the kids would have to go through months of agonizing training to try to gain a spot in the top four. Although very short and skinny for his age, Dominic could keep up with all the competitors at the training camp. Even his lung x- rays were just as good or better than the other kids’.

The Summitquest team’s goal it to attempted to put a young teen to the top of Mount Everest. In the previous year Summitquest put Ethan Zaff a.k.a. “Z-Man,” who was 15 years old at the time, which meant that Summitquest would need a 14 year old or younger to climb. Dominic’s older brother Chris was a shoe in until Summitquest announced that they we going for the goal. Dominic felt quilt when he saw his older, more experienced brother go home before he did. Tilt Crowley, Sammi Moon, Perry Nooman and Dominic Alexis all made the team. There team leader is Cap Cicero, he has summited Everest many times and has the most experience of all climbers. Cap is one of the most respected climbers in the world. Dominic has read all his books and has followed everything Cap has done in his life. Dominic is so excited to climb with his all time hero.

This Book is a great book for all ages. Everest would be a great book to read with you family. I recommend you reading this exciting book by Gordan Korman.