Climbing The Great Denali

by Marie Osburn Reid

Overview

A thrilling climb!With their mountaineering coach, teenagers Mitch and Jason aspire to climb America's highest mountain. Mitch climbs to inspire an injured child's tough job of recovery after losing a leg. Jason commemorates his ancestor, Walter Harper, the first to reach the 20,320-foot summit. This novella, full of adventure and life-threatening events, is great for readers as young as 10, or any reader wanting to know about mountain climbing on frigid Mount Denali (was known as Mt. McKinley)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781463720131
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/15/2011
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Alaska has been the author's home ever since it was granted statehood. She is a graduate from Chico State University in California. She is retired from the beloved University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks. Her three children, Marci, Mitchell, and Merrick Ward, were born and raised in Fairbanks. She considers it a great place to live with her husband Reford (Jeep) Reid, especially in summer months!
Marie's first years of writing were with short stories for children. Two of her stories were published in "Highlights for Children" by former name, Marie Delilah Ward. Her books came after she retired from U.A. Museum of the North. Each features teenagers in Alaska in various lives and times. Besides "Climbing The Great Denali", they are "The Spirit Basket", "Over Rainbows", and "Whispers to a Deaf Dog".