Dan Salmon’s novels are a hit with Hooked on NZ Books reviewers. In her review of 2020’s Neands, Eleanor wrote the story ‘mirrored the 2020 pandemic experience,’ while Lucy described it as a gripping novel about teenagers living in a chaotic world. At the end of Neands, in a world that has turned against them, Charlie, Pru and Ivy have found refuge but they are desperate for answers.
Salmon and OneTree House have this year released the sequel and it’s been reviewed already – check out Hannah’s piece here.
In Neands 2, the characters set out to find out what happened to Charlie’s mother and their foster parents, Alan and Ngaire. Read more
Dan Salmon’s novels are a hit with Hooked on NZ Books reviewers. In her review of 2020’s Neands, Eleanor wrote the story ‘mirrored the 2020 pandemic experience,’ while Lucy described it as a gripping novel about teenagers living in a chaotic world. At the end of Neands, in a world that has turned against them, Charlie, Pru and Ivy have found refuge but they are desperate for answers.
Salmon and OneTree House have this year released the sequel and it’s been reviewed already – check out Hannah’s piece here.
In Neands 2, the characters set out to find out what happened to Charlie’s mother and their
foster parents, Alan and Ngaire. Read more
Sherryl Jordan is one of our best-loved YA authors here at Hooked on NZ Books, with her books being constantly requested by our readers and reviewers.
Since we re-launched the site late last year, we’ve published reviews of The Anger of Angels (Zahra), Wynter’s Thief (Ashika) and The King’s Nightingale (Amber and Natalya) and we have more in the works!
Natalya loved The King’s Nightingale, and in her review describes it as an ‘’emotionally binding read.” Thanks to Sherryl’s publisher Scholastic, Natalya had the opportunity to ask the author some wider questions about her work. Natalya says:
“When I was given the opportunity to interview Sherryl Jordan, the author of The King’s Nightingale and many other incredible books, I could not help but accept! Read more
(1986; reissue 2016) Penguin Random House
Booknotes Unbound: Coralie Walton reviews Wild Pork and Watercress
Bold Monkey: George D. Anderson reviews Wild pork and Watercress (as well as reviewing the film Hunt for the Wilderpeople)
The Reader: Sarah McMullan reviews Wild pork and Watercress
The Wandering: Ren Ron reviews Wild pork and Watercress
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(1982; re-issue 2015) Earth’s End, NZ
Booknotes Unbound: Anita Arlov reviews Terry Teo and the Gunrunners
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(2016) Puffin NZ
New Zealand Review of Books, Issue 117: Review by Trevor Agnew of Maui and Other Maori Legends
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(2015) Potton & Burton
Booknotes Unbound: Kathy Ameen reviews Changing Times
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