One Wrong Step

FOR A CLIMBER, LOOKING BACK CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SURVIVAL . . . AND A FALL.

Three years after the death of his mother, Atlas Wade is still trying to bury his pain in the mountains he climbs with his father. When his dad joins an expedition hoping to be the first to summit Mount Everest, Atlas can't wait for the chance to prove himself to his father. And maybe, finally, he can leave the difficult memories of his mother behind on the mountain.

But this time, Atlas is the one left behind, as well as an American girl named Maddie. When news breaks that war has returned to Europe, a team of Nazis is attempting their own summit, and a storm is brewing on the slopes, Atlas and Maddie plead with the climbing party to come back down.

They're too late. After an avalanche cuts them off from their fathers, Maddie and Atlas undertake the dangerous journey up the mountain in hopes of finding survivors.

Atlas and Maddie will have to rely not just on their own wits for survival, but also on each other as sickness, bad weather, and fears of a Nazi spy put their mission—and their lives—at risk. And Atlas will have to learn how to let go and look to the future if he wants any chance of finding his father and fixing the rift caused by his mother's death, before it's too late.

Please note this copy has light creases on the cover.

ISBN: 9781761648342

Size: Paperback, 336 pages

Publisher: Scholastic

Published: 2025