If you loved
Books like Flush
A sun-soaked, laugh-out-loud eco-caper where clever kids take on corrupt adults to save their local waters. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Flush.
- sun-drenched
- chaotic
- swampy
- adventurous
- 01
Scat
Carl Hiaasen
A hilarious, swamp-soaked mystery where misfits and eco-warriors team up to save the Everglades from greedy adults.
- 02
Sick Puppy
Carl Hiaasen
A gleefully chaotic and twisted satirical romp through the Florida wilderness, fueled by eco-vigilantism and political muckraking.
- 03
Belly Up
Stuart Gibbs
A clever, fast-paced whodunit where a snarky kid outsmarts clueless adults to solve a wildly unusual crime.
- 04
Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar
A grounded middle-school drama that rapidly mutates into a tense, eerie environmental thriller.
- 05
Breathing underwater
Alex Flinn
A raw, confessional descent into the mind of a teenage boy forced to confront the ugly truth of his own violent actions.
- 06
Fluke
Christopher Moore · 2004
A sun-baked, laugh-out-loud descent into marine biology madness where the ocean's greatest mysteries are mostly just messing with us.
- 07
Bad Dad
David Walliams
A high-octane, laugh-out-loud heist caper anchored by the unbreakable bond between a boy and his dad.
- 08
Florida Roadkill
Tim Dorsey
A manic, sun-drenched joyride through the weirdest, deadliest corners of the Sunshine State.
- 09
Red kayak
Priscilla Cummings · 2004
A heavy, atmospheric coming-of-age story where the murky waters of loyalty and justice collide.
- 10
Ship breaker
Paolo Bacigalupi
A rusted, sweat-drenched plunge into a flooded future where survival is bought with blood and copper wire.
- 11
Full Tilt
Neal Shusterman · 2003
A surreal, white-knuckle descent into a nightmarish amusement park where every ride is built from your deepest psychological fears.
- 12
Son of the mob
Gordon Korman
A wry, high-stakes teenage comedy where typical high school awkwardness collides with organized crime.
