What This Book Is About
Ryan Hart is eighteen and on a gap year, working for a medical charity in Nepal, when rumours reach him about an Everest expedition that ended in disappearances and a death. A local girl asks him to find out what happened to her friend Kami, sixteen years old, who went up the mountain and never came back. Ryan goes looking on his own, and what he finds on Everest's slopes is a story of lies, betrayal and obsession.
Matt Dickinson is a writer and filmmaker who reached the summit of Everest himself, by the North Face, and that first-hand knowledge of the mountain is what the book is built on. The Everest Files is book one of a trilogy, followed by North Face and Killer Storm.
Available at Popular bookstores, Kinokuniya, and the Singapore National Library.
Why We Recommend This Book
The Everest Files uses the pull of an extreme place to ask a hard question about ambition: on a commercial expedition, what gets sacrificed to get someone to the top, and who pays for it? That is a question thirteen-year-olds can argue about with real conviction.
It is also a thriller with a plot, which matters for readers who need a book they cannot put down. Students who finish it have two more waiting in the trilogy.
Reading Level Guide
Challenging at A2. Build confidence with A2-B1 books first, then come back to this one.
Ideal difficulty. Right in the sweet spot for steady growth.
Easy at C1. A quick, enjoyable read—great for pleasure or genre exploration.
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