Book: Above World

A suspenseful sci-fi escapade plucks two children out of the ocean for a thrilling adventure.

ABOVE WORLD by JENN REESE
Candlewick Press
Walker Books Australia & New Zealand
Brilliance Audio
ISBN: 9780763654177
Publication Date: 02/14/2012

Available in hardcover, ebook, and audio formats wherever books are sold.

Above World, Book 1…

Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony’s survival is in doubt. The Kampii’s breathing necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above water to seek answers. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are stubborn and bold enough to face the terrors of land to search for way to save their people.

But can Aluna’s warrior spirit and Hoku’s tech-savvy keep them safe? Set in a world where overcrowding has led humans to adapt—growing tails to live under the ocean or wings to live on mountains—here is a ride through a future where greed and cruelty have gone unchecked, but the loyalty of friends remains true.

The world cannot change for us;
therefore we must change ourselves for the world.

—Ali’ikai of the Coral Kampii, born Sarah Jennings

Above World, Book 2…

Coming in 2013.