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Ullman, James Ramsey
BANNER IN THE SKY
New York : Scholastic, 1990.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0064470482
This is an exciting story of a boy burning to climb the Citadel, a mountain in Switzerland that claimed his father's life. Rudi washes dishes in a tourist resort. Now he is determined to conquer the mountain. This story tells how an Englishman changes the course of Rudi's life and gets his father's red shirt atop the unconquered mountain. The story will grip you even if you've never climbed in your life
SUBJECTS:     Mountaineering -- Fiction
                        Alps, Swiss (Switzerland) -- Fiction

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