Peak by Roland Smith

After Peak Marcellois arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing companyin Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached.Big strings. Hewants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit--and his motives are selfish at best. Even so, for a climbing addict like Peak,tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. Butit's also one that could cost him his life. Roland Smith has created an action-packed adventure about friendship, sacrifice, family, and the drive to take on Everest, despite the incredible risk. Peak is a novel readers won't be able to put down.