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    Above World

    Written by Jenn Reese

    Narrated by Kate Rudd

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    Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean, just like all of the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after remaining hidden from the Above World for centuries, her colony is in trouble, its survival in doubt: the tech that allows the Kampii to breathe underwater is beginning to fail, and many Kampii have already died. Yet the colony's elders, including Aluna's father, are unwilling to venture to the dry and dangerous Above World to search for answers.

    So it's up to Aluna and her friend Hoku to face the terrors of land to find a solution. Once in the Above World, Aluna and Hoku learn that their colony is not the only one struggling to survive-so are others in the skies and in the deserts. Will Aluna's warrior spirit and Hoku's intelligence be enough not only to keep themselves safe but also to find a way to save their city and possibly the world?

    Here is a thrilling ride through a future in which greed and cruelty may have gone unchecked but the loyalty of friends remains as true as ever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 14, 2012
    ISBN9781455852284
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    Above World
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    Jenn Reese

    Jenn Reese (they/she) writes speculative fiction for readers of all ages. Jenn is the author of Every Bird a Prince, the Oregon Book Award-winning A Game of Fox & Squirrels, and the Above World trilogy. They also write short stories for teens and adults. Jenn lives in Portland, Oregon where they make art, play video games, and build cardboard forts for their cats. jennreese.com

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    • 5/5
      Above world is a fanstacis stor about a underwater kampii, who discovers that thebreathing shells that allow them to breath underwater is being tampered with and Aluna is the one that goes to the above world and later find hoku (her friend) that are taken to the sky world and taken to be prisoner. Where instead she is taken up there to train and become a warrior. But she can't because she gave up her breathing shell to a deepfel ( an underwater serpent) and gave her chances of ever going back in to the water. when they escape they are escorted to the sky dome they are confortented by a boy from the sater clan and is beaten up by Aluna and escape to the forest where they saw hokus crush from the sky world. Then they are found by the hal robot half human people and is chased down in to the ocean . Where they are taken underwater and Aluna was giving back her breathing shell. Then she swims to the hydroTek. Then she tries to save her home and she does.This book is amzing and ever since I saw this book in the libray I thought it was love at first sight. I never thought that this book was bad and i think everyone should read it.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know how Aluna will be able to help the Equians now that she did what she had done. Hoku is your normal smart one, but he isn't a smart-aleck, he's nice.His smartness is helpful. Dash is an Equian gone wrong. He is an Equian with no horse body, so he looks like a human. This science fiction fantasy is awesome in every way and i recommend it to all ocean lovers and sci. fiction fans. GIVE ME MORE ABOVE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDXDXD
    • 4/5
      I think this is going to be a fun series. It was a little slow getting started figuring out the world. There is a lot of violence but not descriptive. I'm not sure what the overall message is going to be or if I agree with it. In the future, the world is inhabited by colonies of genetically altered humans who have changed their bodies to adapt to otherwise inhospitable habitats such as ocean, desert, and mountain top.
    • 5/5
      Fun feminist post-human YA science fiction about two friends, Aluna and Hoku, who have to leave their undersea world to save it and also the world. Great moments of solidarity with other oppressed workers and subjects, nicely realistic boy-girl friendship without romance, strong girls and kind boys, POC main characters - I would definitely give this to a kid!
    • 4/5
      In the future, since the world's population had grown past the point of sustainability, people created ways of altering their genetics so that they could live in the ocean - the kampii - like merfolk, the skies - the winged aviars, the deserts - the centaur-like horse people, and many other altered humans. Aluna is a thirteen year old kampii, about to swallow the ocean seed and grow her tail. But, she has seen that the breathing necklaces that keep her people alive are failing, and so she decides to go above world to find help. Her tekie friend Hoku follows with a message from the past that his grandmother gave him that may help matters. Together they meet the aviars and fight the mutant upgraders who are harvesting body parts from anyone that they can catch. An action packed sci-fi thriller, this book will keep you reading and wanting to find out what happens next.
    • 5/5
      Above World is set in a future where many humans have been extensively modified in order to live in different environments. Aluna lives under the ocean with the rest of Coral Kampii but the technology that lets them breathe underwater is beginning to fail so Aluna decides to leave the water to search for an answer. She and her friend Hoku make many frightening discoveries about Above World but also find new friends to help them in their quest.Although the storyline, two friends setting out on a quest, is not new; the fascinating world described in this book is. But as well as the interesting new world there is also heaps of adventure and great characters. This book (the first in a series) will be enjoyed by children aged 10 and up
    • 4/5
      Originally reviewed on A Reader of Fictions.

      In a nice change of pace from all of the young adult dystopias, I read Jenn Reese's middle grade dystopia. Her book was an utter delight, full of clever world building, mixed-up creatures and vibrant characters. Not only that, but her book has become my favorite mermaid book thus far!

      Though Above World is categorized as a middle grade by the age of the protagonists and the brevity of the story, I see no reason why adults and teens would not enjoy it as well. The main characters have a maturity and cleverness that keeps them from reading like children. While some middle grade novels can be painful for an older reader because the plot solutions are so obvious, Above World kept me entertained and ready to find out what would come next.

      Above World begins under the see with the Kampii, essentially mermaids. However, these mermaids are unlike any others you've ever encountered before. They breathe through an apparatus, a breathing necklace, which plugs into their lungs. They trade their legs for a tail in a coming of age ceremony after taking a pill. Aluna, our heroine, is about to receive her tail and become an adult. She does not get to, though, because she fails her loyalty test, because she asks questions about why Kampii are dying, their breathing necklaces failing so that they drown in their home.

      Aluna, though she desperately wanted her tail, does not whine about the fact that her father and the rest of the leaders punished her for trying to save the Kampii. Instead, she sets out for the Above World, the land, to find HydroTek, the company that manufactured the breathers. She will figure out how to fix them, so that no more of her friends have to die. She planned to go alone, but her best friend Hoku, younger and a genius with tech, followed her.

      Together Aluna and Hoku go on a number of adventures, making new friends and allies along the way. Aluna is an amazingly powerful girl, gifted with fighting. Hoku's skills run toward planning and electronics. All of the characters are bursting with life. My personal favorite, an adorable little scene stealer, is Zorro, a raccoon/computer. He reminds me a lot of R2-D2, which basically means he is the most adorable and totally reliable in a crisis.

      The forces of evil and the dystopian elements, which I wish I could talk about more, but won't because I think they'll be more fun for you to discover on your own, are captivating too. I will say that one of the bad guys reminded me a lot of the scary neighbor kid in Toy Story.

      There is some romance, but that's not the focus, which is a good thing considering how young the main characters are. What is there is pretty freaking adorable. Hoku's a bit girl crazy, which just adds to his cute, nerdy persona. There are some hinted romances for the future, but there's been no rush for true love or anything like that. Oh, middle grade, thank you for this wonderful break from romances that progress too quickly.

      Writing dystopian fiction for younger readers can be quite tricky, but Reese pulls it off masterfully. I will be eagerly anticipating the next installment!
    • 4/5
      I think this is going to be a fun series. It was a little slow getting started figuring out the world. There is a lot of violence but not descriptive. I'm not sure what the overall message is going to be or if I agree with it. In the future, the world is inhabited by colonies of genetically altered humans who have changed their bodies to adapt to otherwise inhospitable habitats such as ocean, desert, and mountain top.
    • 5/5
      I totally loved this book it was filed with action and suspense and mostly trusting your friends and not under estimating your self.