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3) Esau
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Jack, risking prosecution by the Nepalese government, is climbing the Machhapuchhare mountain when he is shaken loose by an avalanche and lands in a cave where he discovers a fossilized skull which may turn out to be the scientific discovery of a lifetime.
4) Mountains
Author
Publisher
Mulberry Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Introduces various mountain ranges, how they are formed and shaped, and how they affect vegetation, animals, and the human population.
5) Descent
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A "girl's vanishing--on a sunny, late-summer vacation morning, all the more devastating for its mystery--is the beginning [of her family's] harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths, until all that continues to bind them to each other are the questions they can never bring themselves to ask: at what point does a family stop searching? At what point does a girl stop fighting for her life?"--
Author
Series
Princess Academy volume 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
The New Americana volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the rugged Ozarks of Branson, Missouri, a woman struggles to save her marriage--and finds answers from an unexpected source.
Author
Series
Series of Unfortunate Events volume 10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place.".
14) The edge
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.
15) On Magnolia Lane
Author
Series
Blue Ridge romance volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes the final book in Hunter's Blue Ridge Romance series"--
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the late 1800s, a twelve-year-old nightspirit living in the Great Smoky Mountains despairs as homesteaders destroy her forest habitat, until a chance encounter with a "day-folk" man changes everything she thought she knew about her people--and their greatest enemy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Two-Can
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Español
Description
Looks at the many different forms of life on the mountains of the world, their geological formations, and how man has adapted to the mountains, focusing on the damage humans have caused to mountains and what can be done to save them. Includes a North American Indian story explaining the discovery of fire.
18) The far field
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the tumultuous present."--
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway. But when the storm hits, no one is getting away. It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing-- maybe even romantic --weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up...
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including how its mountainous landscape was formed, its history of preservation, and tourist attractions such as the historic settlement called Cades Cove"--Provided by publisher.
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