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Everest Is Hollow

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This book is a delight to read, a tense adventure. I haven't had this much fun since discovering the Harry Potter series after JK Rowling published her fourth one. I'm glad I got in on the ground floor this time, starting the adventures of "Trouble" from the beginning with "Everest is Hollow." I had to buy a second copy for myself to finish, so I could see how the story turned out. Halfway through, I lost the first copy to my wife, who wouldn't let go of it. I also shared "Everest is Hollow" with friends at a picnic, reading some of the book aloud. They, along with their kids, were hooked. The story is hypnotic.

I downloaded Everest is Hollow to my Kindle and got hooked. The climbing scenes made my hands sweat. I couldn't put the story down until I finished it. I ordered book copies for the pre-teens and teens in my extended family. They've been moping about the Harry Potter series reaching the end. Now they can go on, read another boy adventure and explore a new world. I also love the idea that profits from the book sales are donated to Doctors Without Borders.

I'm in 4th grade and I couldn't put this book down! It was a great adventure story, with one mystical happening leading to another. It reminded me of Indiana Jones with ancient things coming to life, like an Egyption healing pyramid in the middle of Mt. Everest. Even though some things seemed slightly hard to picture, I thought the author did a good job of describing an unfamiliar world. I've read this book twice and I want to read it again.

I loved the fast action in Everest is Hollow. The avalanches and real threats kept me reading until late at night. I was surprised to go inside the world's tallest mountain and discover a vanished civilization. It felt weirdly true and captured my attention like an adventure movie. Trouble is a cool lead character. I got lost in his travels from a Nepal bazaar to the ancient secrets hidden inside Mount Everest. I'm eager to find out what happens in the next book of this series. A thrilling and fun read!

Whoever wrote this book really knew their craft. The prose manages to be deceptively simple when describing complex scenes. The flow is easy to follow, which I'm sure comes from long hours of careful editing. I really admired the transition from near non-fiction climbing scenes to a fully imagined world inside Mount Everest. Encounters with another race inside the mountain were poignant, not mawky as they could have been. I'm really looking forward to Trouble's next adventure in Sign of the Rat, as indicated by the novel's ending. It's an incredible bonus that proceeds from the book are donated to Doctors Without Borders. But even without that fact, this novel is a great read.

Everest is Hollow is a great book. I like it because it is largely based on Sherpa legend. When Sherpa babies were born with a disability, the Sherpa would pray for the Yeti to take the baby away and bring it back healed. The author's experince as a high altitude fire-fighter brings to the book great climbing tips, equipment and avalanche info. All this combined with elements of Star Wars and Indiana Jones in a memorable sequence of events making Everest is Hollow a fascinating adventure book. When is the movies coming?

Wow, this book is GOOD! A wonderfully entailed world, intricately created in this book, takes you on a journey. Well written, suspenseful...it has so many elements. I agree, nothing like it since J.K. Rowling in her fabulous Hogarts world. This is sure to be a woderful, colectable series. I very much look forward to my next steps in this literary world.

thi is one of my favorite books.it is full of action.this book should be on the bestseller lis

This was a breath of fresh air for the fiction junkies out there. It provided many hours of fun reading. The only complaint: it is written for adolescents, so many things are explained that get annoying (Capitol building).

Looked promising, but was disappointing throughout, with plot development starting and stopping, trite resolutions, and weak characters. At times, metaphors were overly explained--felt like a textbook.