How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion

Shiraishi, Ashima

ISBN 10: 1524773271 / ISBN 13: 9781524773274

Published by Make Me a World, 2020

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All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion
• Publisher: Make Me a World
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1524773271
• ISBN 13: 9781524773274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Xiao, Yao
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

From Ashima Shiraishi, one of the world's youngest and most skilled climbers, comes a true story of strength and perseverance--in rock climbing and in life.

To a rock climber, a boulder is called a "problem," and you solve it by climbing to the top. There are twists and turns, falls and scrapes, and obstacles that seem insurmountable until you learn to see the possibilities within them. And then there is the moment of triumph, when there's nothing above you but sky and nothing below but a goal achieved.

Ashima Shiraishi draws on her experience as a world-class climber in this story that challenges readers to tackle the problems in their own lives and rise to greater heights than they would have ever thought possible.

About the Author

Ashima Shiraishi started climbing at the age of six, and today she is one of the best climbers in the world. She is the first and only female climber ever to ascend a V15 bouldering problem, earning praise from Outside magazine as "a young crusher" and the New York Times as a "bouldering phenom." This is her first picture book.

Yao Xiao is a China-born illustrator based in New York City. Her work has appeared in Time, EW, National Geographic, and The Wall Street Journal, among other outlets, and she is also the author of the monthly web comic Baopu. This is her first picture book.