Joel Ross
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In the high-stakes sequel to the acclaimed The Fog Diver—which was named a Texas Bluebonnet selection and winner of the 2015 Cybils Award for Speculative Fiction and the Michigan Library Association’s 2016 YouPer Award—thirteen-year-old Chess and his crew must stop the deadly and mysterious Fog from enveloping the city of Port Oro and destroying their world.
Chess and his crew—Hazel, Swedish, Loretta, and
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Hundreds of years in the future, a thick white mist covers the Earth, leaving only mountaintops habitable for humanity. The Five Families rule over the slums and junkyards, and the ruthless Lord Kodoc brings his harsh order to the skies. Ships sail the fog, like Hazel's salvage raft. Working for Hazel is Chess, the tetherboy, a boy who has a secret that Lord Kodoc, if he ever learned about it, could use for evil.
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"Tthirteen-year-old tetherboy Chess and his crew may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog. When they retreat to the mountaintop sanctuary of Port Oro, they discover that the deadly white mist will soon swallow the entire city. Will the slumkids be able to save Port Oro, or will they run out of time?"-- Provided by publisher.
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While playing out in the snow one winter's day, cousins Joy and Daniel are suddenly transported to a tropical island surrounded by sharks. There they meet a new friend, Kimani, and the three kids are tasked with using their STEAM knowledge--science, technology, engineering, art, and math--to build themselves a bridge to safely leave the island. Includes STEAM activities for readers to do at home.
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Boot boy Ji is tired of scrubbing soles and untangling shoelaces. He doesn't want to bow and scrape. All he wants is freedom--for himself and his friends. He decides to risk everything for a chance to accompany a young nobleman to the Diadem Rite, a magical ritual that chooses the heir to the Summer Crown. Ji doesn't care about crowns or ceremonies, but he vows that this trip will grant him and his friends new lives, far away from boots and bowing....