The Neptune Project
by:
Polly Holyoke (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781423157564 (1423157567)
ASIN: 1423157567
Publish date: 2013-05-21
Publisher: Disney Press
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Trapped in the ocean -- with no way out. Suddenly, her relentless hands grab my head and force it under the water. :You'll be all right.: I hear my mother's words in my mind. :I promise you. Just relax and breathe in.: My lungs are pure fire now. I have to breathe. I have no strength left to fight ...
It took me a while to get through this and I read a few books in between finishing which I usually don't do. I just could not get into this for anything. I did finish it but never fell in love with the characters or the story. It's a cool concept - swimming in the ocean and living and talking with d...
(This review was originally posted at My Library in the Making.)The Neptune Project caught me by surprise. I'd known that it was about a group of kids who were genetically-engineered to survive living underwater, but I had no idea that it was post-apocalyptic/dystopian. That actually made the story ...
Polly Holyoke makes a fantastic splash with her middle-grade debut The Neptune Project! Part dystopian, part sci-fi, and overflowing with adventure, action, and suspense, this middle-grade read kept me captivated for hours.Nere Hanson lives in a grim dystopian future where the Earth has been ravaged...
2.5 stars.
9 years ago
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