The Fog Diver, by Joel Ross
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Joel Ross debuts a thrilling adventure series in which living in the sky is the new reality and a few determined slum kids just might become heroes. This Texas Bluebonnet selection—a fantasy filled with daring and hope and a wonderfully imaginative world—is perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Brandon Mull.
Once the Fog started rising, the earth was covered with a deadly white mist until nothing remained but the mountaintops. Now humanity clings to its highest peaks, called the Rooftop, where the wealthy Five Families rule over the lower slopes and floating junkyards.
Thirteen-year-old Chess and his friends Hazel, Bea, and Swedish sail their rickety air raft over the deadly Fog, scavenging the ruins for anything they can sell to survive. But now survival isn't enough. They must risk everything to get to the miraculous city of Port Oro, the only place where their beloved Mrs. E can be cured of fogsickness. Yet the ruthless Lord Kodoc is hot on their trail, for Chess has a precious secret, one that Kodoc is desperate to use against him. Now Chess will face any danger to protect his friends, even if it means confronting what he fears the most.
The Fog Diver, by Joel Ross- Amazon Sales Rank: #159166 in Books
- Brand: Ross, Joel
- Published on: 2015-05-26
- Released on: 2015-05-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.09" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
From School Library Journal Gr 4–6—It's been years since the formation of the deadly Fog that drove the last people from the surface of the Earth. The only remaining humans live in towns high in the mountaintops. With few resources, it's a hard life. For a slum kid like Chess, working on a salvage airship is the best way to keep from starving. As his ship's tetherboy, Chess must dive into the Fog and recover relics from Earth that can be traded for food for his crew. Most tether boys don't last a year. Those who avoid the Fog sharks eventually succumb to Fog sickness in the end. All except Chess. For Chess, the Fog never hurts. Chess's deepest secret is that he was born in the Fog, and it has marked him. His whole life, Chess has kept his head down and avoided notice. Now things are changing. Mrs. E., Chess's guardian, is dying of Fog sickness, and Chess and his friends must race against the clock to get her to the cure. Unfortunately, the greedy Lord Kodoc has found out about Chess's affinity for Fog and has made other plans. With plenty of action, and characters who are as precocious as they are prodigious at their airship duties, this is a fun beginning to a unique new series. An abundance of pop culture references gone hilariously wrong add appeal for reluctant readers. Oh, and there are air pirates! VERDICT A solid choice for fans of adventure series or speculative fiction.—Liz Overberg, Darlington School, Rome, GA
Review “Ross wastes no time with his worldbuilding, establishing Chess and his crew as a misfit found family working the Fog by day and sharing stories by night. It’s a fresh approach, reminiscent of Dickens…the only thing missing is a sequel, which readers hope won’t be far behind. ” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))“With plenty of action, and characters who are as precocious as they are prodigious at their airship duties, this is a fun beginning to a unique new series. An abundance of pop culture references gone hilariously wrong add appeal for reluctant readers. Oh, and there are air pirates!” (School Library Journal)“Complex, lovable characters; a magical, dangerous world; and a struggle to survive against overwhelming odds. I couldn’t put it down!” (Sage Blackwood, author of the Jinx trilogy)“Fast-paced and clever, filled with brave, talented characters—my favorite! It’s a classic adventure novel with a postapocalyptic flair and witty reimaginings of modern folklore.” (Merrie Haskell, author of The Castle Behind Thorns)
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A deadly white mist has cloaked the earth for hundreds of years. Humanity clings to the highest mountain peaks, where the wealthy Five Families rule over the crowded slums and rambling junkyards. As the ruthless Lord Kodoc patrols the skies to enforce order, thirteen-year-old Chess and his crew scavenge in the Fog-shrouded ruins for anything they can sell to survive.
Hazel is the captain of their salvage raft: bold and daring. Swedish is the pilot: suspicious and strong. Bea is the mechanic: cheerful and brilliant. And Chess is the tetherboy: quiet and quick . . . and tougher than he looks.
But Chess has a secret, one he's kept hidden his whole life. One that Lord Kodoc is desperate to exploit for his own evil plans. And even as Chess unearths the crew's biggest treasure ever, they are running out of time.
Joel Ross creates a thrilling and action-packed adventure in a future in which living in the sky is the new reality and a few determined slumkids just might become heroes.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful. An entertaining book for your readers (especially boys!) By Evie Seo First off, I have to say that I expected something entirely different from what The Fog Diver ultimately turned out to be. I went into this book thinking this will be something along the lines of The Maze Runner, only instead of the maze we'd have the fog. I thought the majority of the plot would be spent in the fog, but though the lead character is a fog diver, he spends very little time actually diving in the fog (we're talking maybe 10 pages total). I kind of had this idea that this book would be about exploring the fog, fighting the dangers lurking inside it, maybe getting trapped down in the fog covered areas and racing against time, trying to stay alive. I don't really know what I imagined exactly *shrugs*, but it definitely wasn't what I got. The majority of the plot plays out while the characters are flying around on their air-raft, trying to escape mutineers and lord Kodoc, or get from one place to another. Chess is a freak. He was born in a cage, down in the fog, and he has one fog-filled eye to always remind him of the fact. The fog is actually not just some meteorological anomaly, it's a cloud of nanites, designed to fix the smog covering the Earth. These nanites were meant to heal the Earth and keep it clean, but they took the cleaning process to a whole new level, deciding that the human race is the source and cause of pollution, and, therefore, humans have to be kept out. The fog attacked humans, killing millions and driving the rest of them up to the highest peaks of Earth, where they were forced to live above the fog level. Chess and his crew are scavengers, searching the fog for anything that could be salvaged and then sold (usually for food and clothing). Chess is, of course, the diver. He is the one who goes all the way down to look for anything valuable. His nanite-filled freak-eye somehow protects him from the fog-sickness. As it turns out, his "freakiness" is no accident. He was "made" this way by lord Kodoc, who wanted someone he could use to find the machines that control the fog. Because, if you control the fog, you control the world. And now Kodoc is after Chess. This was a good story that moved along at a nice, even pace. I thought Chess was an interesting character and the supporting cast was strong,too. I liked the diversity and how each of them was so unique. Chess is only 12, which supports my theory that this is most likely a middle grade novel (GR doesn't specify the age level, I initially made the assumption that this was a YA novel, but the writing is more fitting for Middle Grade crowd). It's most definitely an entertaining story, filled with good-natured humor (lots of little pop culture anecdotes that will make you chuckle), amusing dialogues, fast-moving action and mostly unexpected twists. I think it's a great book for young boys, particularly those who happen to be reluctant readers. The writing is easy to absorb, mostly dialogue-based and it should keep them captivated. It was a little bit too immature for me, but I still enjoyed it quite a lot.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Middle Grade Post-Apocalyptic Adventure By K. M. Martin THE FOG DIVER is a post-apocalyptic science fiction story that is filled with action and adventure. It is also the story of four orphans who are on a mission to save the woman who took them in and made them into a family.Chess, Bea, Swedish, and Hazel work together to scavenge things they can use or sell from the Fog that covers everything except the highest mountain tops. They need to find a big haul in order to sneak Mrs. E to Port Oro where there might be a cure for her fogsickness. However, they need to battle the Fog, mutineers and the evil Lord Kodoc who wants Chess.The Fog is composed of nanites that were created to clean up pollution on the Earth. After they did that, they were supposed to die. But the nanites learned to create other nanites and decided that humans were the cause of the pollution.No one can go down into the Fog without becoming infected with the nanites and dying. Chess is an exception. He was born in the Fog and can survive in it. He was born with one eye that has the Fog visible in it. He has been hiding his difference for all of his thirteen years. Now Lord Kodoc, who thought he didn't survive, has found out that he is alive and is searching for him. Lord Kodoc wants Chess to search the Fog for a machine that will let Kodoc end, or control, the Fog. Scientists from Port Oro, a place that rebelled and is fighting against Kodoc's rule, also wants Chess. They also want that machine.I loved the airships that the kids use to scavenge. They had a very steampunk feel. I also loved the relationships between the kids with Hazel the leader, Swedish the pilot, Bea the engineer, and Chess as the explorer.While this is clearly the first book in a series, readers will be pleased that the ending is not really a cliffhanger but still leaves lots for our characters to do in future books.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Bookworm Speaks!-The Fog Diver By Jordan T. Brantley Bookworm Speaks!The Fog Diverby Joel Ross****The Story: Once the Fog started rising, the earth was covered with a deadly white mist until nothing remained but the mountaintops. Now humanity clings to its highest peaks, called the Rooftop, where the wealthy Five Families rule over the lower slopes and floating junkyards.Thirteen-year-old Chess and his friends Hazel, Bea, and Swedish sail their rickety air raft over the deadly Fog, scavenging the ruins for anything they can sell to survive. But now survival isn't enough. They must risk everything to get to the miraculous city of Port Oro, the only place where their beloved Mrs. E can be cured of fogsickness. Yet the ruthless Lord Kodoc is hot on their trail, for Chess has a precious secret, one that Kodoc is desperate to use against him. Now Chess will face any danger to protect his friends, even if it means confronting what he fears the most.The Review:The most memorable aspect of this book is the world that that the author builds. It takes place in the future where air pollution was choking the life out of the world so they tried to use nanotechnology to fix it. Guess what happens next! It gets out of hand and the world is destroyed and the survivors are forced to congregate on mountain tops.Similar to the Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve, while this technically is a post-apocalyptic tale, there a great many steampunk elements: Airships, goggles, brass pistons, all that good stuff. Throughout the text we are given references to the technological expertise of the past age and we see that their original functions have passed from memory. The television or teevee is regarded as an altar that the people of the past worshipped. Not too different from today! There is also a reference to iPads but now they are used as decorative objects.Turn to any news source and one will probably find a story about the latest gadget or the dawn of space-age nano tube technology. That is all well and good but if the end of the world we know were to dawn those things will quickly fall away and it will be back to leather, steel, and gears.Nothing like the basics.The passing of time is also ingeniously introduced through the dialogue and slang used by the main characters. Again, similar to the Mortal Engines, present day terms have become muddled and misidentified in the new world. Dairy Queen and Burger King are regarded as religious icons. Spelling Bees and Hello Kitties are regarded as real animals from myth.Our present day culture is so immersive that one can fall prey to the illusion of perpetuity but history has shown that once the infrastructure breaks down and generations who remember original purposes pass, the once ubiquitous cultural norms break down. While most likely played for laughs, it is a commentary on the transient nature of things and also an interesting way at how quirky the world after the world will be.As ingenious as the setting is, the story does fall prey to plot elements that can seem very familiar to readers of this genre. The protagonist, Chess, follows many familiar tropes: The orphaned, teenaged protagonist with the special ability that makes him very valuable and pursued by the evil overlords. Sounds quite familiar to any patron of YA fiction.Aside from the that hiccup, the colorful cast of characters is extremely entertaining and provide the heart of the story. Major Kudos to the author for making the captain of the airship, Hazel, a dark skinned woman. Its probably counterproductive to make such a big deal, but it deserves credit. The other cast of characters is very diverse and provides a lot character.Swedish is the tough pilot of the ship and serves as the muscle of the crew while in port.Bea is the young mechanic who is very innocent and loves stories (flawed ones) about the world that came before. Something Bookworm has noticed is how in a lot of fiction, the engineer is always a perky, young girl a’ la Firefly. Bookworm does not see anything wrong with that mind you, but it risks becoming cliched. Writers need to watch out for this.What also needs to be watched out for is how in some parts the book tends to drag, mostly because the character’s suffer a little too much. They experience a few to many setbacks and it starts to get a little dull, even between the thrilling action scenes. (Very well crafted ones at that). They do a lot of things but seem to make very little headway. Suffering is a critical part of any character development but there’s a fine line between inflicting suffering on your character and making them the living incarnation of Murphy’s Law.Final Verdict: The Fog Diver is a wonderful book with a novel look at the future and a stunningly crafted setting. What is very satisfying is that while this book will most likely be the first in a series, it ends on a note that wraps things up satisfactory. It does not fall victim to sequel bait, as in ending on cliffhanger. So, if ultimately there is no new book, which Bookworm hopes there is, it was wrapped up nicely.Four out of Five Stars.****thecultureworm.blogspot.com
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