What is it like to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain? To survive a shark attack? To fly with the US Air Force Thunderbirds? To find out, Jeff Belanger conducted interviews with twelve ordinary people who just happened to do extraordinary things-and then turned the interviews into adrenaline-packed, thrilling stories told in the first-person voices of the interviewees. Includes WHAT IT'S LIKE. To Be Attacked by a Shark * To Save People from a Burning Building * To Walk Across America * To Experience Combat * To Fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds * To Survive a Tornado * To Be Struck by Lightning * To Sail Through a Hurricane at Sea * To Blast Off into Space * To Walk to the North Pole * To Run Your First Marathon.and Run Fifty Marathons in Fifty States in Fifty Consecutive Days * To Lose Both of Your Legs to Frostbite.and Climb Mount Everest - Really captures the voice of each featured person, bringing these stories to life as if the interviewees wrote them - Tons of full color, eye-catching photos of the "extraordinary twelve" - With its exciting action- and adventure-packed stories, even "reluctant readers" won't be able to put this book down JEFF BELANGERhas worked as a journalist and television host, and has authored a dozen books featuring interviews with people on a wide range of quirky topics. He's been a guest on more than 100 radio and television programs around the world.

His other books for children include:Who's Haunting the White House?andThe Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. To learn more, visit his Web site at: www.jeffbelanger.com .