The Neptune Conspiracy

Oct 7, 2024 6:31 AM

Author:Polly Holyoke

The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke is a brilliantly pacy survival story. Readers who loved The Hunger Games or Gone will be thrilled by it.

Land is shrinking. The sea is rising. Time is running out.

Nere has always felt at home in the sea. But she never imagined she'd have to leave the land behind forever, until she finds out she's part of the Neptune Conspiracy. She has been adapted to survive underwater.

Under the careful watch of the enigmatic Dai, Nere is nominated to lead a group of kids across miles of ocean. Her survival skills will be put to the ultimate test. Guided by their faithful dolphin pod, they face the ocean's deadliest creatures, and close behind the government's savage dive team are determined to capture them, dead or alive . . .

PRAISE FOR THE NEPTUNE CONSPIRACY:

'It takes a skillful author to bring readers into an unfamiliar world and make them feel secure. The detail has to be just right, without overpowering the story; the characters have to be grounded in reality, to give us something to identify with; and even the nonhuman creatures have to resonate warmth and personality. Polly Holyoke has done all this and more with her fabulous debut, The Neptune Project.' - reader, GOODREADS

Reviews

This suspenseful, undersea dystopia should keep middle schoolers hooked

—— Kirkus Reviews , Kirkus Reviews

It takes a skillful author to bring readers into an unfamiliar world and make them feel secure. The detail has to be just right, without overpowering the story; the characters have to be grounded in reality, to give us something to identify with; and even the nonhuman creatures have to resonate warmth and personality. Polly Holyoke has done all this and more with her fabulous debut

—— Goodreads

One of our favourite books as children

—— Kevin Crossley-Holland , Daily Mail

Wegner’s drawings of the lands of the Thinifer and Fattypuff people are heartwarming, imaginative and kind, but, more importantly, they are very funny

—— Rob Ryan , The Times

McAllister effectively turns what could have been a humdrum story about car design into a real page-turner and a daring tale . . . A feel-good story about the French Resistance that might very well inspire more than a few designers and engineers.

—— School Library Journal

A fantastic family read; this is a story with a big heart based on an amazing idea . . . This is easily one of my favourite books so far this year - a brilliant and magical read that will stay with me until the day that I die. It is a great debut story with bags of drive and vroom.

—— Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books

Refreshingly different and very engaging . . . There is so much to enjoy in this book

—— Reading Zone

A delightful book

—— Historical Novel Society

Unusual and delightful

—— Parents in Touch

I loved this delightful novel. It's intended for middle grade readers but people of all ages will love it.

—— The Bookbag

The tale rollicks along with suspense, reversal, and surprise . . . Along the way, the author gives us a finely drawn evocation of the drama the French lived through, as well as an enthralling account of how a remarkable car - designed by an Italian, engineered by the French - was born. A captivating book for young people of all ages.

—— T.E. Carhart, bestselling author of 'The Piano Shop on the Left Bank'

My book-loving boy was immediately engrossed . . . Each chapter left him wanting to know what was coming next, and he read it cover to cover with great interest.

—— whatsgoodtodo.co.uk

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