Teen Book Reviews – RPL

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Flush (Carl Hiaasen) January 26, 2008

You know it is going to be a tough summer vacation when you spend Father’s Day visiting your dad in the local jail. Noah’s dad cares about the environment and knows what the owners of the Coral Queen casino boat are doing are very wrong. They have been flushing raw sewage into the harbor which has turned a local beach into a toilet! Unable to prove this fact, Noah’s dad decides to do the only thing that he knows of to stop this injustice – sink the boat. Unfortunately the plan backfires and the Coral Queen is pumped out and back in business within a matter of days while Noah’s dad ends up behind bars.Noah has decided to take up his father’s cause. Somehow, Noah will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping raw sewage into the harbor. His accomplices include his teeth-biting sister Abbey, the greedy and smelly Lice Peeking, a scorned bartender named Shelly, and a mysterious pirate. Noah has hatched a plan to sink that cesspool casino once and for all.

Recommended for 11+

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