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Gr 2–5—"Junko's hill was her entire world" opens this biography of an amazing mountaineer. At age 10, after climbing Mount Chausu, Junko Tabei found her passion. As an adult in Tokyo, she joined a mountaineering club that accepted women and spent her weekends climbing. She married a fellow mountaineer, started her family, and continued climbing. Tabei also "knitted other women climbers together, just as a ridge joins mountain tops. Like her, they wanted opportunities above the clouds." Tabei dreamed of climbin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More