The Neptune Challenge
The Neptune Challenge by Polly Holyoke is a reprint edition published by Disney-Hyperion on May 10, 2016. This 352-page book continues the story of Nere and her friends, who are genetically engineered to thrive in the ocean. After their harrowing journey to Safety Harbor, an undersea refuge, they face new dangers when two of their companions are kidnapped. Nere, along with her loyal dolphins and the other Neptune kids, embarks on a perilous mission to infiltrate a high-tech undersea base, where they must confront threats to both their friends and the world’s oceans.
Readers will find an engaging blend of action and adventure as Nere and her companions navigate the challenges of rescuing their friends while uncovering secrets that could save marine life. The narrative explores themes of friendship and bravery against a backdrop of genetically modified beings and marine life. With bloodthirsty shark mutates and hostile adversaries, the stakes are high in this thrilling sequel that promises to immerse readers in an underwater world filled with excitement and danger.
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Danger lurks beneath. . . .
Genetically engineered to survive in the ocean, Nere and her friends are recovering from their treacherous journey to Safety Harbor, an undersea refuge founded by the scientists of the Neptune Project. But plenty of enemies prowl just outside the colony’s boundaries, and when two of the children are kidnapped, Nere, her loyal dolphins, and the other Neptune kids must set out on an expedition even more perilous than their first.
Tasked with infiltrating the kidnapper’s high-tech undersea base, Nere soon discovers that rescuing the missing Neptune kids isn’t all there is to her mission: the secret to saving the world’s oceans is hidden somewhere deep inside this vast fortress, and she and her friends will have to risk everything to find it.
With bloodthirsty shark mutates and savage kids roaming the corridors, will Nere and her companions find a way to save their friends, themselves, and their underwater world? The stakes couldn’t be higher in this thrilling sequel to the award-winning The Neptune Project.
Praise for The Neptune Project
- 2014-2015 Texas Bluebonnet Master List
- Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award nominee
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2014
- 2015 Buckeye Children’s Book Award nominee
“Holyoke keeps her prose well-pitched to her audience…this suspenseful, undersea dystopia should keep middle schoolers hooked.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“The book revels in the beauty of the underwater world and the creatures that inhabit it. The relationship between the teenagers and the dolphins-who actually become characters themselves-is especially well crafted. The Neptune Project will attract male and female readers.”
-VOYA
“[L]ots of adventure, suspense, and underwater scenes . . . [for] readers who are looking for a slightly different dystopian adventure or those who just dream of living in the ocean and playing with dolphins.”
-School Library Journal
“This fast-paced science fiction adventure with well-developed characters offers a vivid and exciting oceanic setting complete with villains, dangerous sea creatures, and protective dolphin friends.”
-Horn Book
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