The Contest

by Gordon Korman

Book Overview

A thrilling adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman about a number of kids competing to be the youngest person to ever reach the top of Mt. Everest Four kids. One mountain.They come from all across... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439401399
• ISBN13: 9780439401395
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Everest Book One: The Contest

The SummitQuest program trains young climbers in order to climb the largest mountain in the world, Everest. Dominic Alexis who grows up in a climbing family is trying out for the team that is going to climb Everest. As the number of candidates thin the competition heats up. This will be the youngest group to climb Everest. Who will be ready for the challenge? Dominic is by far the smallest of the group and is constantly being bullied by another kid named Tilt. Chances of making the team look slim for Dominic because of his size. But he later proves that size is not a factor. This book can be compared to a staircase. The excitement builds and builds until the final climax. In this way the author keeps you reading to find out what will happen next. All the characters have unique personalities that will soon have to work together to get up the tallest mountain in the world. Not only will it be physically challenging, it will be hard keeping the team together. This is a good book for people who like adventure. I would recommend this book for teens and below. Also if you read this book and really like it, it comes in a series. The Contest is Book One of three books in the series. Book Two is The Climb, and Book Three is The Summit. Hope you enjoy this book!

The Climb

Everest#2 (for teenagers, a great expedition leader, a doctor, and a cameraman)are back, in Alaska getting prepared to climb into the Death Zone. One of the teenagers gets really sick while climbing to base camp. The teenagers rescue a climbing legend.Gordon Korman lets you feel like your in a 13 year old's shoes. It's like your in the action. You can image yourself climbing with Summit Quest. This book is a must-have! to find out if they ever reach the summit of Everest, read book #3.

Everest, The contest

This book is called Everest by Gordon Korman, and when you read this you will not feel warm but just plain cold. It's all about survival and skill to live on the most tallest peak in the world! 19 kids fighting for the top of the world , EVEREST. Working at a boot camp isn't much fun but if you want to be the youngest kids in the world to climbing up everest it is worth it and with a man watching your every move you better do good for making the team. This book just draws me into the book and I can't stop reading. This book is great because it's just like the book Shipwreck and that's a good book also so read that book too. In the beginning of the book it is quiet in the book but when you get in the book a little more action starts to come and you just want to keep reading it and then go to the other books as well. So come and read this great book if you like the ice and snow and I hope you like it too as I did that's all.

The first book in a thrilling new trilogy by Gordon Korman.

Dominic Alexis's older brother Chris is one of the best young mountain climbers out there. He's sure to get to compete for a spot in the youngest expedition to ever climb Everest. But Dominic is just thirteen, and while he's a decent climber, he'd never get picked. At a "boot camp," a group of kids, mostly expert climbers, but a few that won a contest sponsored by an energy drink company, will test their endurance to prove themselves worthy of climbing Everest. Dominic determines to win the contest -- and he does, meaning he can go with Chris. He never even dares hope he could get to climb Everest, but he at least wants a chance to learn, compete, and have fun. At camp in the Colorado mountains, the teenagers are given tests of endurance and skill to determine which four of them will be selected for the expedition. But will the winners be prepared for what is ahead? I highly recommend this new series to readers who enjoyed Gordon Korman's previous adventure trilogy, Island.

Even Better than 2001's ISLAND!

Wow, Gordon Korman has REALLY surpassed my expectations with the first installment in the Everest trilogy(titled The Contest). I didn't think he could surpass Island #1: Shipwreck from last year's Scholastic Summer Blastoff, but he somehow did it! Everest #1 starts out with Dominic Alexis, a great climber, trying to find a "V" under a juice cap to finish spelling EVEREST for a contest- if he does, he'll win one of the 19 coveted spots at the SummitQuest boot camp, from which 4 teens will be chosen to form a team and scale Mount Everest in Nepal. 15 of the 19 kids who enter boot camp are the best in the USA, while the remaining four get "wild card" spots from spelling out Everest. Domininc's brother, Chris, is one of those 15 great climbers. Who among the 19 will get a chance to take on Everest, and survive the weekly eliminations that get more emotional and dramatic as boot camp goes on? And will Dominic even GET to boot camp? To find out(trust me, you want to) you'll have to read the brilliant Everest #1: The Contest by Gordon Korman.