The Mount Everest Disaster of 1996

Name: The Mount Everest Disaster of 1996
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SKU: 9781666390414
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By Cindy L. Rodriguez

Series: Deadly Expeditions

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On 6 May 1996, dozens of climbers set out to scale Mount Everest. Clear skies on 10 May promised a summit view, but a sudden storm trapped them near the peak, resulting in eight deaths. This gripping graphic novel recounts the harrowing events of one of Everest's deadliest days and reveals how some survivors made it back alive.
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On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale transports readers back in time to discover how one of the deadliest days on Mount Everest unfolded.

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The Mount Everest Disaster of 1996

By Cindy L. Rodriguez

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This narrative nonfiction graphic novel is part of the Deadly Expeditions series, praised for its compelling visual storytelling. Drawing on diaries, photos, and records, it vividly portrays the challenges faced by climbers on Everest in 1996, similar to the intense historical adventures covered in other series titles.

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ISBN: 9781666390414

Publisher: Capstone Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Stone Arch Books

Audience: Children

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Width: 178.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Cindy L. Rodriguez Graphic Novels Series: Deadly Expeditions

About the Author

Cindy L. Rodriguez is the author of the YA novel When Reason Breaks and has contributed to the anthology Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles. She has also written the text for Volleyball Ace, Drill Team Determination, and Gymnastics Payback, all part of the Jake Maddox series. Before becoming a teacher, she was an award-winning reporter for The Hartford Courant and researcher for The Boston Globe's Spotlight Team. She is a founder of Latinxs in Kid Lit, a blog that celebrates children's literature by/for/about Latinxs. Cindy is a big fan of the three Cs: coffee, chocolate, and coconut. She is currently a middle school reading specialist in Connecticut, where she lives with her family. Since graduation, Paul McCaffrey has worked as a freelance illustrator, mainly in the area of children's education. His clients have included NME, Vox, Punch, Deadline, Empire, CUP, OUP, Attack! Books, Macmillan, Harcourt and Heinemann, amongst others. More recently, he has drawn comics for companies as diverse as Marvel, DC, IDW, Thinkable and Network Distribution. For Titan Comics, he has produced a number of covers as well as drawing Anno Dracula 1895: Seven Days in Mayhem and co-creating Adler with Lavie Tidhar. He lives in the UK with his wife and cat and far too many books than is good for him.

The Mount Everest Disaster of 1996