âÃÂÃÂI have never read such gross-out sexist crap as your e-mail, Dantheman, whoever and wherever you areâÃÂÃÂ. So begins the unlikely friendship of Jess and Dan. Jess (14) is voyaging around the Pacific with her mum, as Dan struggles with small-town life. A collaboration between two of NZâÃÂÃÂs best-known writers for young adults, both of them award-winners.