Waiting on Wednesday: ABOVE WORLD

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. This event highlights our most-wanted upcoming releases!

Title: Above World
Author: Jenn Reese
Release Date: Feb. 14, 2012
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Add it: Goodreads

WHY?

ABOVE WORLD sounds really interesting and different.  Believe it or not, it's NOT about mermaids (at least, it doesn't sound like it, not in any sort of traditional sense).  Instead, it's about human evolution, the fight for survival, and a quest for knowledge in order to save an entire colony.  How does that NOT sound like the makings of a great story?

Plus, how cool is it that humans are forced to evolve and grow tails or wings in order to survive and use special breathing necklaces to build a home beneath the sea despite the unnaturalness of it?  So cool!

SUMMARY: 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 at risk. 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 fierce determination and fighting skills 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.

What are you anxiously waiting for this Wednesday?