Peak
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2007
After fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello, the son of two famous, now-divorced, climbers, is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he’s left with two choices: Juvenile Detention or living with his long-lost father. Peak quickly learns that his father’s renewed interest in him has strings attached; he wants his son to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit. For a climbing addict like Peak, tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. But it’s also one that could cost him his life.