Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world. Ana's parents died while on a scientific expedition two years ago, and the only family she's got left is her older brother, Dev, also a student at HP. Ana's freshman year culminates with the class's weekend trial at sea, the details of which have been kept secret. She only hopes she has what it'll take to succeed. All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the ship, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change the trajectory of their lives.
But wait, there's more. The professor accompanying them informs Ana that their rival school, Land Institute, and Harding-Pencroft have been fighting a cold war for a hundred and fifty years. Now that cold …
Ana Dakkar is a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world. Ana's parents died while on a scientific expedition two years ago, and the only family she's got left is her older brother, Dev, also a student at HP. Ana's freshman year culminates with the class's weekend trial at sea, the details of which have been kept secret. She only hopes she has what it'll take to succeed. All her worries are blown out of the water when, on the bus ride to the ship, Ana and her schoolmates witness a terrible tragedy that will change the trajectory of their lives.
But wait, there's more. The professor accompanying them informs Ana that their rival school, Land Institute, and Harding-Pencroft have been fighting a cold war for a hundred and fifty years. Now that cold war has been turned up to a full broil, and the freshmen are in danger of becoming fish food. In a race against deadly enemies, Ana will make amazing friends and astounding discoveries about her heritage as she puts her leadership skills to the test for the first time.
I wrote a whole review about this and then half an hour realized I posted it to the wrong book lmao I'm not rewriting it now
A small piece of advice: You will appreciate the book better if you've read Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Mysterious Island first. It's not essential at all but they're really good anyway! The Oxford World's Classics edition of the first: global.oup.com/academic/product/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-seas-9780198818649 and the Wesleyan University Press of the second: www.hfsbooks.com/books/the-mysterious-island-verne/ are good choices for translations.
A classic retelling with humor!
Enjoyable read. The “twist” of the plot was a little to easy to spot near the beginning. The wonderful writing with the humor was enough to make up for it. We often get retelling of fairy tales and myths but this classic retelling is just what I needed!
