Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains. The earth's continents rest on plates that move slowly across our planet's...

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

As the Aspens turn to gold in the hills surrounding Silver Peak, Sadie and her daughter, Alice, set out to reach a lofty goal: climbing Manitou Springs's challenging Incline trail. And when Sadie purchases an antique trunk at an estate sale, she discovers it comes with an intriguing bonus. Tucked away in the liner is a handwritten poem, signed "Charlotte Bronte." Could Sadie have stumbled upon a lost literary masterpiece? Alice discovers her own literary...

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident-unsettling and unexplained causes of death, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and signs of radioactivity-have led to decades of speculation over what really happened. This gripping work of literary nonfiction delves into the mystery through unprecedented access...

While on the last leg of their race, Russell and his friends must choose between a rescue mission and an attempt to win the race.

Covers the summits of Everest, Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, and Kosciuszko/Carstensz.