Title: Banner in the Sky
Author: James Ramsey Ullman (James Ramsey Ullman) with
Publication date: 1988-04-15
Page: 288
Binding: paperback
It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one mahas ever dared to approach the top, and that madied ihis pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father.
At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the mahe never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. And so, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi careach the top, he must pass through the forbiddeFortress, the gaping chasm ithe high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep withihimself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner ithe sky.
His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountai-- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself.
James Ramsey Ullmais a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of James Ramsey Ullmainclude Banner Ithe Sky.