Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan pays homage to Jules Verne in his exciting modern take on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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's 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 freshman 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.

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My Review: 5/5 Stars 

This book was amazing! No surprise since it was Rick Riordan, but still so good! And I wish there was more. There is so many possibilities with this story I hate to see it end here. Maybe it won't be, but for now it's alone. So this story follows Ana Dakkar. A freshman at Harding-Pencrodt Academy where the school produces the graduates of anything that deals with the ocean. The academy is broken up into four groups based on your study. The story begins with Ana and her fellow freshmen heading away from school for the weekend for their trials that will determine if they will move on to sophomore year. However, as they leave the school, an earthquake occurs but it isn't exactly normal. Ana and her friends turn around and face the horror of their beloved school breaking from the cliff it stood on and into the sea. Their friends, family, teachers, gone. And it wasn't an accident. Their rival school, Land Institute, opened fired on them and they are after Ana next. Things only take off from there. Secrets are revealed about HP Academy and what their trials meant. Secrets about Ana's family. Ana and her older brother Dev were orphans after their parents died two years earlier on a mission for HP, but there was more to the accident than Ana knew or realized. Everyone in this story will have to step up in their roles and try to survive. With so much on the line it will take everything they have. The story is inspired by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in so, so many ways. Their world is built off of it but answering the question of, what if it was real? Riordan may warn you himself and even through Ana what a difficult book that classic was but after reading this story I have to say I'm kind of interested in giving it a try. The adventure, the characters, and the endless plot twists kept me from putting this book down. You will not be disappointed in Rick's attempt to bring another myth or retelling to life. Loved it! And definitely wish there was more.