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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064470483
ISBN: 0064470482
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 15, 1988
Publisher: HarperTeen
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: April 15, 1988
Studio: HarperTeen

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The Citadel

It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father.

At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. And so, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach the top, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasm in the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky.

His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself.




Rating: - This banner says: "Incredible"
"Banner in the Sky" brings you to the summit of excitement and beyond. It is a masterpiece from start to finish. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has an itch for a good mountain climbing adventure. There are a good choice of words and keeps you hanging.

Rudi is a 16-year-old boy in Europe in 1865 who has been stuck as a dishwasher at the Beau Site Hotel, a hotel that his family owns. He would rather be scaling mountains, something that he is forbidden to do because of ... Read More

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Rating: - This banner says: "Incredible"
"Banner in the Sky" brings you to the summit of excitement and beyond. It is a near masterpiece from start to finish. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has an itch for a good mountain climbing adventure. There are a good choice of words and keeps you hanging.

Rudi is a 16-year-old boy who has been stuck as a dishwasher at the Beau Site Hotel, a hotel that his family owns. He would rather be scaling mountains, something that he is forbidden to do because of the death of his ... Read More

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Rating: - Courage, fortitude and loyalty tested
Back in the days before all the peaks of the Alps were conquered, this is a story about a young man who will help conquer the last unclimbed peak. Son of a mountain climber who died on that last peak, Rudi is forbidden to climb. But it is in his blood and he obeys the call to brave the peak.

This is back in the days before polartec fleece, belaying equipment, or retractable hooks. Rudi and the other men climb sheer mountain cliffs in freezing weather with only a rope holding them together ... Read More

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Rating: - You should read this book
I just finished reading Banner in the Sky and really liked it. It was a quick read and hard to put down. Some of the things I found exciting were, without giving away the story, the setting and characters. They made the story exciting. The setting was in the Swiss Alps in 1865. Rudi Matt lived in Kurtal and wanted to climb the Citadel. In real life Kurtal is Zermatt and the Citadel is the Matterhorn. One of the main characters, John Winter, is a lot like Edward Whymper, first man to climb the Matterhorn. ... Read More

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Rating: - Banner in the Sky
The Disney movie, Third Man on the Mountain, was based on this book, so I had to read it. Excellent read. While the movie had extra plot line, characters--the book goes into the thoughts and feelings of this young man who is going to climb the mountain that his father died on. The memorable moments for me were when he took shelter in the cave his father died in while heroically trying to keep his friend from freezing. And the prayer of course that drove away the terrors of the mountain. The local climbers ... Read More

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