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'Alive in the Death Zone: Mount Everest Survival, Lincoln Hall's story of climbing the world's highest mountain, being left for dead near the summit and his subsequent return to life and safety, is an incredible and exciting adventure that will inspire anyone who reads it. It's a story of survival against all odds using sheer willpower, courage and determination.
'Early chapters give young readers an insight into why people climb mountains, Lincoln's early interest in them and the influences that led to his passion for climbing and his quest to climb the world's highest peak. It will then focus on the 2006 expedition when Lincoln reached the summit but was left for dead because he suffered cerebral oedema when he began his descent. Miraculously, after spending a perilous night on a knife-edge crest in the Death Zone, he was found the next morning and began the descent, only to be confronted with more dangers before he reached safety.
'Unbeknown to Lincoln, the world, including his family, had been told he was dead, and the miraculous story of his survival made worldwide headline news. Frostbite claimed Lincoln's fingers and toes and he lost nearly twenty kilograms but his remarkable recovery and rehabilitation enabled him to write the best-selling book Dead Lucky.' (Publisher's blurb)
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has an Asian setting.
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009
2009
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10) -
Children Are the Winners
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 33) -
Untitled
2009
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 41)
— Review of Alive in the Death Zone 2008 single work autobiography -
History Waits
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 309 2009; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Alive in the Death Zone 2008 single work autobiography
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History Waits
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 309 2009; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Alive in the Death Zone 2008 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 53 no. 1 2009; (p. 41)
— Review of Alive in the Death Zone 2008 single work autobiography -
Children Are the Winners
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 33) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges Report 2009
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 4-10)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2009 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Best Language Development Book for Upper Primary Children (2003-2013)
- 2009 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
- Mount Everest, Himalayas, South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,