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Loading... Flushby Carl Hiaasen
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Very cute book and not just for younger readers! A father of two precocious children gets in trouble for challenging an environmental scofflaw in a very unconventional manner. The children work in secret to find a way to bail out their father and put an end to the dangerous pollution that launched the whole crisis while their mom tries to keep everyone out of trouble and keep her family together. Cleverly written, good characters and not in the least bit sugar-coated or overly sentimental. ( ) Carl Hiaasen's very funny novels , often have adult themes but Flush is one of his YA(Young Adult) book written for a younger audience. The narrative voice is Noah, a boy whose father is in jail for an act of eco-sabotage. Noah and his family live in the Florida Keys near the dock where a floating casino has been discharging raw sewage into the water near the beach where they want to swim. Their father is in jail for sinking the casino boat. Noah and his sister Abbey need to find a way to prove that their father was right about the polluting casino boat. Noah and Abbey get help from some interesting characters including a disgruntled bartender from the casino boat itself. A fun and funny read for all ages. no reviews | add a review
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With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. No library descriptions found. |
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