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Flush
336 pages
A sun-soaked, laugh-out-loud eco-caper where clever kids take on corrupt adults to save their local waters.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like a wild, sun-drenched boat ride through the Florida Keys with your funniest, most fiercely principled friends. It is a brisk, laugh-out-loud eco-caper that perfectly balances irreverent humor with a deeply earnest core of environmental stewardship. The atmosphere is delightfully chaotic and swampy, populated by a cast of eccentric, larger-than-life characters who make the world feel both absurd and wonderfully vibrant. The narrative voice is snappy and deadpan, pulling you through a series of zany hijinks that never lose sight of their moral compass. It is an incredibly satisfying read for anyone who loves seeing clever, determined underdogs outsmart greedy, bumbling adults, leaving you with a triumphant sense that doing the right thing is always worth the mess.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- chaotic
- swampy
- adventurous
- Tone
- wry
- irreverent
- satirical
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- environmental justice · family loyalty · underdog rebellion · civic responsibility
- The writing
- The prose is snappy and conversational, driven by deadpan humor and colorful, eccentric descriptions of Florida life.
- The arc
- The journey shifts from exasperated helplessness in the face of adult incompetence to a triumphant, chaotic sense of empowerment.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave zany, fast-paced capers where clever kids outsmart corrupt, bumbling adults to save the environment.
Content notes
- parental incarceration
- mild crude humor
- environmental destruction
About the book
Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor--which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is stuck in the clink. Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally... somehow. His allies may not add up to much--his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate--but Noah's got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.From the Hardcover edition.
Description from Open Library.
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