Banner in the Sky is a book written by James Ramsey Ullman, published by the J. B. Lippincott Company in 1954. The story is based on the first ascent of the Matterhorn and follows a young boy, Rudi Matt, who is determined to climb a mountain called the Citadel. The book was a runner-up for a Newbery Award in 1955 and was later adapted into the...