Flush
by:
Carl Hiaasen (author)
On Father's Day, Noah visits his dad at the local jail. Dad is a feisty environmentalist with a short fuse. Convinced that the Coral Queen was dumping raw sewage into the harbor, he decided to take matters in his own hands. He sank the floating casino (at least temporarily), but ended up in the...
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On Father's Day, Noah visits his dad at the local jail. Dad is a feisty environmentalist with a short fuse. Convinced that the Coral Queen was dumping raw sewage into the harbor, he decided to take matters in his own hands. He sank the floating casino (at least temporarily), but ended up in the hoosegow. Noah knows that his dad was right about the sewage, even if his corrective method was a little over the top. To clean the slate and the harbor, he drafts a motley crew of friends to get the goods on the illegal dumpers.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375821820 (0375821821)
Publish date: September 13th 2005
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 263
Edition language: English
Perfectly suited to middle school readers. Poop, intrigue, kids besting adults at their own game, realistically flawed parents. Carl Hiaasen isn't phoning it in for this age group.
Perfectly suited to middle school readers. Poop, intrigue, kids besting adults at their own game, realistically flawed parents. Carl Hiaasen isn't phoning it in for this age group.
Flush is a good book, and I liked the theme of the story. Noah and his friends are defending nature against careless people like the owner of the Coral Queen (who is illegally dumping waste into the bay). If you liked Flush, I suggest you read Hoot or Scat (if you haven't already).
This is another great and funny short novel by Hiaasen. I enjoy his adult-oriented novels too, but his earlier YA novel Hoot is, IMO, some of his best work. This one isn't quite as tightly presented as Hoot, but it's highly enjoyable as well. A few situations in Flush were slightly improbable, but t...
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