Flush Contributor(s): Hiaasen, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375821821 ISBN-13: 9780375821820 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2005 * Out of Print * Annotation: 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. |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2005005259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 10-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 5-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 770(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.76" W x 8.5" L (0.89 lbs) 272 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Topical - Ecology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Winner, Children's Book, 2008 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2007 Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Middle Grades, 2008 NAPPA Gold Awards, Winner, Ages 9 & Up, 2005 Golden Sower Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2008 Maine Student Book Award, Second Place, Grades 4-8, 2007 Iowa Teen Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2008 Texas Lone Star Reading List, Commended, Young Adult, 2006 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Ten to Fourteen, 2006 Quill Awards, Nominee, Children's Chapter, 2006 Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2009 Colorado Children's Book Award, Runner-Up, Junior Novel, 2007 Nene Award, Recommended, Children's Fiction, 2007 Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Young Adult, 2008 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, Nominee, Juvenile, 2008 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2008 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, Third Place, Grades 6-8, 2009 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, Winner, Grades 3-5, 2009 Book Sense Book of the Year Award, Honor Book, Children's Literature, 2006 Agatha Awards, Winner, Children/Young Adult, 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Nominee, Juvenile, 2006 Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Intermediate/Grades 7-9, 2008 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/27/2005 pg. 64 Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2005 pg. 849 Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 27 Booklist 08/01/2005 pg. 2028 Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 80 Kliatt 09/01/2005 pg. 8 School Library Journal 09/01/2005 pg. 204 Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2005 pg. 303 - Recommended - Better Than Most Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2005 pg. 96 - Recommended ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2006 pg. 8 ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 28 ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 03/01/2006 pg. 33 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 93 - Superior,Well Above Average | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 101038 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
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Publisher Description: A hilarious, high-stakes adventure involving crooked casino boats, floating fish, toxic beaches, and one kid determined to get justice. This is Carl Hiaasen's Florida--where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder 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. |
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