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... read more
Noah and Abbey's father is in jail for sinking a casino boat that he claims has been dumping raw sewage into the waters near their home in Florida . He has no proof, the owner of the boat denies it, and everyone in town thinks he's a crackpot. Their mother is going to divorce him unless he... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
“Your crazy father sunk our boat!”Jasper Jr.
Every time Dusty empties her holding tank, it’s like flushing a hundred filthy toilets into God’s ocean!”Highlighted by 27 Kindle customers
“And all I gotta do is flush?” she asked. “That’s it?” “That’s all you’ve got to do,” I said. “Flush, and flush often.”Highlighted by 24 Kindle customers
“Because Dusty Muleman has been dumping his holding tank into the water,”Highlighted by 23 Kindle customers
The deputy told me to empty my pockets: two quarters, a penny, a stick of bubble gum, and a roll of grip tape for my skateboard. It was pitiful.Highlighted by 22 Kindle customers
My dad was sitting alone at a bare metal table. He looked pretty good, all things considered. He wasn’t even handcuffed.Highlighted by 21 Kindle customers
“Because it’s important for me to be here right now.”Highlighted by 21 Kindle customers
In the room there was another deputy—a broad, jowly bear standing next to the door that led to the jail cells. I guess his job was to make sure I wasn’t smuggling a hacksaw to my father so that he could break out.Highlighted by 19 Kindle customers
“And totally illegal,” I said. “He only does it to save money.”Highlighted by 18 Kindle customers
He’d untied the ropes and started one of the engines and idled out to the mouth of the basin, where he’d opened the seacocks and cut the hoses and disconnected the bilge pumps and then dived overboard.Highlighted by 17 Kindle customers
My father’s a large man, very strong, but he says fighting is for people who can’t win with their brains. He also says there are times when you’ve got no choice but to defend yourself from common morons.Highlighted by 12 Kindle customers
Chapters 1 - 21
Preceded by The People of Sparks, and followed by Airborn.
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