Peak (novel) - Characters

Characters

• Peak, a fourteen-year-old boy raised by his mother and stepfather, is the protagonist in the story. Something that Peak learns towards the end of the book is “The only thing that you’ll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.”
• Josh Wood, Peak's father, "a rock rat", was not there for Peak when he was growing up. He is one of the best mountaineers in the world. “As you can see, Mr Wood is a very successful businessman.”
• Zopa, a monk, helps Sun-jo and Peak climb Mount Everest. He is one of the main characters. “If he agrees to something he’ll do it, but he may not be doing it for the reason you think he's doing it. And he’ll never let you know why he’s doing it.
• Sun-jo is a Nepalese boy, only six days older than Peak, who climbs the mountain with Peak. He is Peak’s competitor and friend. Zopa brings Sun-jo to the summit so that he will not have to become a climbing Sherpa (a guide that helps climbers up the mountain).
• Holly Angelo is a reporter from New York, covering Peak's story. She climbs Mount Everest with them.
• JR is the main cameraman, along for the climb with Holly. He is there to cover Peak's story.
• Vincent is Peak’s English teacher, and mentor, from Greene Street School.
• The judge is a tough-looking guy with a white crew cut.
• Traci is one of Peak's attorneys, who helps Peak out during the pretrial. “Don’t say one word unless I tell you to. Act remorseful.”
• The Twins, Paula and Patrice, are Peak’s “giggling” little sisters.
• Doctor (Leah) Krieger is Peak Experience’s Doctor.
• Sparky is a climber who hopes to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.
• Captain Shek, Watcher of the mountain, watches for illegal climbers and activity.
• Gulu is a porter trying to hide Sun-jo from captain shek
• Thaddeus Bowen, a lawyer fluent in Chinese, is another climber hoping to climb to the top of Mt. Everest. He is also Josh's business partner.
• William Blade is a famous actor attempting to climb Mt. Everest.
• Yogi and Yash are sherpa brothers who help Peak and Sun-jo climb up Mt. Everest.
• Rolf Young is Peak's stepfather. He is attached to Peak, explaining at the beginning of the novel, “It’s going to be pretty boring without you around.”
• Teri Marcello is Peak’s mother. She is married to Rolf; she never married Josh. “We’re going to miss you.”
• Chef Pierre is Holly’s personal chef.
• Pa-sing is a Sherpa with Peak Experience.
• Ki-tar is Sun-jo’s deceased father, who saved Josh’s life.
• Dietrich is a German climber who wishes to reach the summit,despite many of his fellow climbers being dead.
• Francis is a climber with Peak Experience trying to reach the summit.
• Jack is a member of the film crew.
• Will is a member of the film crew.
• Ralph is Holly’s personal Masseuse.
• George a minor character in the story who gets into a fist fight with Peak's father Josh
• Edward Taliff a minor character who is one of Peak's teachers. He talks peak into climbing Mount Everest. The words "That's malware," said by Edward Taliff, haunt Peak until the very end.