![]() The author efficiently shares highlights from the previous book to quickly provide new readers, like me, with the information needed to understand what’s happened so far. I haven’t read the first book in the series and I base my reviews on each individual edition. These issues become the main conflict in the plot, although there are evil, covert operations below the surface. It’s not safe for them to walk around Atlantis as overlanders are blamed for a prisoner’s escape and other suspicious activity. ![]() Alessia, the main character, comes from dry land called Selva and there’s growing suspicion and fear of anyone from the “overland”. The Drifts are like holograms that allow characters to visit other times and places for pleasure or to collect information. ![]() An inventive detail is the use of pearls called Drifts to introduce memories and flashbacks. Crabs act as a police force and as the title says, a secret, secure jail is guarded by jellyfish. The author creates an imaginative setting on the ocean floor and in the waters above with creatures of all kinds. ![]() There aren’t many middle-grade books that take place under the sea but Alessia returns to Atlantis very early in the plot. ![]()
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