Children's Book and Media Review
Volume 38 | Issue 4
Article 45
2017
Fog Diver #2: The Lost Compass
Aylea Stephens
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Stephens: Fog Diver #2: The Lost Compass
Book Review
Title: Fog Diver #2: The Lost Compass
Author: Joel Ross
Reviewer: Aylea Stephens
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2016
ISBN: 9780062352972
Number of Pages: 344
Interest Level: Intermediate
Rating: Excellent
Review
Chess and his crew have escaped the slums, but that doesn’t mean that they are out of danger in Port
Oro. The fog is threatening to consume the rest of their small world, and Lord Kodoc is determined
to use Chess for his own purposes. In Port Oro, Chess is recruited to help search for the one thing
that can stop the fog’s progression: an ancient machine called the Compass that only Chess with his
fog eye can find. As Chess fights off Lord Kodoc, driftsharks, ticktocks, and does everything he can to
keep his friends save, he discovers a surprising answer to how to claim the world back from the fog
and to start a new world not consumed by the fog.
This exciting sequel has plenty of science, air battles, and fog dives to continue captivating the audience. With the world developed in the first book, this book has more room for action and suspense as
Chess races against time to find the Compass before Kodoc does. Readers will continue to enjoy the
subtle references to our world that Chess finds in his history books or while he is diving through the
fog. The exposition in the beginning is a little too much for people who have just read the first book,
but once the book gets going readers will enjoy this smart science fiction story with an ending that
leave the readers both thrilled and satisfied with how Ross handled the story and characters.
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