Reach the summit...Peak

This 2007 novel, Peak, by Roland Smith, is a realistic fiction book. This books theme is mainly have faith in your friends and to look deeper in what you want to do with your life.
This story is about a 14 year old kid named Peak who gets busted for illegally climbing a sky scraper in New York City. Because of this he is sent off to Tibet where his long-lost dad asks him to accompany him in climbing the tallest mountain in the whole world, Mt. Everest. If he reaches the top before he turns 15 he will have been the youngest ever reach the peak of Everest. Now throw in an unexpected friendship with another 14 year old, Sun-jo, who also wants to make a summit attempt and how he helps Peak realize what his true passion is and what he really wants out of life... Through a stream of a thrilling events Peak shares his story of his climb to the summit that changed his life.
I think this book was very memorable because it really shows you that it is possible to not be selfish and that caring for other people can actually do a lot of good to yourself. I think that being selfless is really important in a community because that way you can feel empathy for one another. Felling empathy for a person can strengthen your relationship with that someone and if everybody could be selfless and feel empathy then it would be easier to understand your community members. People could get along.
I really like how the book ended. It kind of left you hanging but it also left you well informed. At first I was a little disappointed at the ending but then I realized that if the author had written it any way it wouldn't have been as good as it was. I figured out afterwords that the whole story was leading up to that one key point. I would say that the very end of the story was the most important part and it the part that readers should remember.
Overall I think this has to be one of the best books I have read in a really long time (if not the best)! It was greatly written and provides a statement that should most definitely be heard by all teen readers who are in for a thrilling adventure to the top of the world.