A cliffhanger adventure that mirrors current events, Josie Herrick

Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
Pub. 2020

 

 

 

 

April 26, 2022

Neands by Dan Salmon is an absolutely stunning story. There were some things I noticed that could be changed or explained better but overall, it was an awesome novel.

This story is based in the year 2022, and I feel it was aimed to imitate what is happening in the world now with Covid. A mutation of the genes is infecting humans and turning them into Neands. When this happens, they become vicious and harmful to humans. When the parents of main character Charlie disappear one day, he’s sent out on a quest to find them and figure out more about the disease.  Read more

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‘I like ideas’: a chat with Neands author Dan Salmon

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

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A relevant tale about an unpredictable world, Hannah Anderson


Neands 2
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
Pub. 2022

 

February 23, 2022

Teens who are just trying to survive in a world where they are expected to be adults. A climate change generation facing the consequences. Dead scientists, a pandemic, unpredictable futures.

Neands 2 is a second book in the series by Dan Salmon. It continues the story of Charlie, Pru and Ivy, and tells the new story of Em and Miro. Charlie, Pru and Ivy continue trying to find out what happened to Ngaire and Alan while going back and forth in the North Island delivering blood samples and picking up Neands to deliver back to Bill on the farm, who is attempting to create a vaccine of sorts using the limited notes and studies written, some of which by Charlie’s father, a now dead scientist.  Read more

February, 2022 Tanya Prince Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers:

A dystopian adventure that doesn’t disappoint, Amber Cayley


Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
Pub. 2020

 

June 08, 2021

Is it climate change? What about bacteria? Could it be genetics? How does it spread? When a virus takes hold of the world, altering the human race and rewinding evolution, Charlie Rutherford must act fast to save his very own species in Neands by Dan Salmon.

Charlie’s parents are scientists. His father tried to warn the world what would happen, they didn’t listen, and his father was found drowned in the harbour (he was a great swimmer). Soon his mum disappears too, and Charlie is left to fend for himself in a world full of ignorance.  Read more

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A significant science fiction novel, Lucy King


Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
pub. 2020

 

12 April, 2021

Neands, a gripping YA novel by Dan Salmon, tells the story of Charlie Rutherford, a teenage boy living in a world full of chaos. A DNA-altering virus is spreading throughout the world infecting the majority of the population. Human genes seem to be reversing with people evolving backwards until they appear very similar to Neanderthals.

Charlie’s father was a scientist, as was his mother, who tried to alert everyone to what was going on. He was immediately accused of lying and trying to cause chaos. Everywhere scientists are disappearing, along with information about the virus.  Read more

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Mirroring the 2020 teen experience, Eleanor Bassett


Neands
Dan Salmon
One Tree House
pub. 2020

 

09 March , 2021

In 2020, everyone had a lockdown project. Breadmaking, crafts, Netflix, running….. Dan Salmon’s was writing his promising debut novel, Neands. Salmon has spent almost the last 20 years cementing his place in the New Zealand visual entertainment industry with A Good Way to Die, Dirty Bloody Hippies, and Made in Taiwan. By the number one on the spine, I sense he may be spending the next two decades in cementing his place as a New Zealand young adult futuristic dystopian writer.

Neands tells the story of a human-altering virus that spreads rapidly, converting humans into something reminiscent of prehistoric Neanderthals; and the New Zealand teens trying to unravel the mysterious cause.  Read more

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When the unthinkable happens, Sasha Maclean

Neands
Dan Salmon
OneTree House
pub:  2020

 

27 November 2020

When meeting someone, we use first impressions to decide how we feel about them, at least until we know them better.  That is a pretty well recognised fact. But first impressions are rather important when choosing books, too. Even if we don’t admit it, we often choose a book with an interesting cover (although we try not to judge a book because of its cover.) The looks hook people in, but the blurb brings it home (literally, I always leave bookshops with a lot of books.)

Neands.  A picture of an apeish creature on the cover.  Read more

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