From the world of u003ciu003eGood Night Stories for Rebel Girlsu003c/iu003e comes the historical novel based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first female climber to summit Mount Everest.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eJunko is bad at athletics. u003ciu003eReally u003c/iu003ebad. Other students laugh because they think she is small and weak. Then her teacher takes the class on a trip to a mountain. ItÂ’s bigger than any JunkoÂ’s ever seen, but she is determined to make it to the top. u003ciu003eGanbatteu003c/iu003e, her teacher tells her. u003ciu003eDo your bestu003c/iu003e. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e After that first trip, Junko becomes a mountaineer in body and spirit. She climbs snowy mountains, rocky mountains, and even faraway mountains outside of her home country of Japan. She joins clubs and befriends fellow climbers who love the mountains as much as she does. Then, Junko does something thatÂ’s never been done beforeÂ… she becomes the first woman to climb the tallest mountain in the world.
