Flush

Flush

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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...more
Hardcover, 263 pages
Published September 13th 2005 by Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published April 18th 1998)
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Lauren
Mar 16, 2008 Lauren rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone
Flush is a very good book it shows what people could risk for animals and nature. The boy in this book has a Dad that has been in jail many times when he was trying to protect wildlife. Wach him take a step while his dad is in jail and to prove that his dad is right.
Carmen Tryka
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Valerie
I thought this book had one of the most brilliant opening lines of any YA book. I read it aloud to #1 son, and he snatched the book from my hands and proceeded through Hoot as well.
Josie
Flush
By Carl Hiaasen
Published by Alfred A. Knopf
2005
Fiction

Carl Hiaasen has written a wonderful novel for the environmentally aware middle schooler. Filled with themes of family, standing up for what you believe in, loyalty and environmental protection, Flush will capture the attention of incoming sixth graders. The characters that Hiaasen develops are extremely easy to like and hate and they invite the reader to become even more involved with the story.
One is immediately thrown into the plot as...more
Diego_gonzalves
I chose this book because I remembered the author Carl Hiaasen and wanted to read another one of his books because i read "Hoot". Flush is about a boy in Florida named Noah Underwood whose dad recently was thrown into jail for sinking a boat, the Coral Queen. Noah's father felt that the owner was dumping harmful waste into the ocean that could wash up on a nearby populated beach and affect the water. Throughout the book, Noah and his dad attempted to prove that the owner of the boat was guilty w...more
Garrett W.
263 pages
This novel is about two kids named Noah and Abby Underwood plus their father Pain Underwood. During the begining of the book it tells you some very important information. Pain Underwood or the father is in jail. The reason he is in jail is because he sunk a giant cruse ship known as The Coral Queen. The Coral Queen is a boat that never moves, this is do to the fact that it is a casino on water and when it would travel too far out to sea the customers would become sea sick. Pain worked...more
Bailey Daynes
If you like realistic fiction, suspense, action, and care about the environment, then you would definitely like “Flush”! I thought that Flush, by Carl Hiaasen was a great book! It had a very clever theme, and story idea. This was the first book I've read by Carl Hiaasen, but because I liked it so much, I've started reading more of his books. Now I'm reading "Hoot". I liked the idea of someone polluting the ocean, and then people trying to stop him because it is something that happens even now, t...more
Ricky Ko
I choose Flush because my friends recommended this book to me and after I read it, I really liked it. Flush is about a young boy named Noah and his sister Abbey. Their dad was put to jail for sinking a boat called the " Coral Queen." What the police don't know is that their dad sunk the boat because he knew the workers at the boat( which is a party boat) dump human waste out in the ocean every night, killing many sea life. The only people that knows is Noah, Abbey, their mom, Lice, and Shelly. N...more
Shant Zatourian
I chose this book because it was written by the same author as the last book I read (Hoot). This book is about a boy named Noah whose dad recently got put in jail for sinking a boat. His father did this because the ship’s owner was dumping waste into the ocean that would kill the animals and pollute the water. Throughout the book, father and son try to prove the man guilty with the help of their friends. There weren't many quotes in this book but my favorite was “and in the meantime don’t jump...more
Leah Mullenaux
This is a novel about public health issues. It has a simple plot and is probably geared more towards 10-13 year olds. It had some good aspects, but lacked depth.
This novel is about a boy who has a very extreme father. If his dad doesn't agree with something some one is doing, he will fly off the handle. In the story, the father's newest muse is the fact that a casino boat dumps waste from their restrooms straight into the ocean instead of disposing of it appropriately. To show his anger, he sink...more
Jason K
Flush
Carl Hiaasen

Flush is a book about Noah, the main character, and his sister Abby. Their father has gone to jail because he sank this boat that had a casino on it. the reason their dad sunk it was because Dusty, the captain, had been illegally dumping poop into the bottom of the ocean. The waste would flow right to thunder beach where a bunch of kids play every day. Noah and his sister go to find help to get dusty to justice. Their father told them to go to a man named Lice Peeking. Lice stra...more
Simone Reynolds
Flush by Carl Hiaasen was a very confusing book for me when I started to read it. In the story Flush, the author really focuses on the setting. This story took place in Dade County, Florida. You may wonder why the setting is so important. Well, a lot of events take place in Dade County in the story. Such as: Noah's dad got arrested, the place where his parents first met,the location of the Coral Queen were all in Dade County. Dade County is a very small town, so people find out about events that...more
Antonio Garcia
Carl Hiaasen’s purpose for writing FLUSH is to tell a story about a father who doesn’t thinks about his actions before he does it. He never thinks, he just acts. FLUSH is an interesting book. The father gets into trouble like getting speeding tickets. That’s how he met Noah’s mother. “The ticket my mother got was for driving 44 miles an hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone. My father’s ticket was much worse- he was doing 93 on the turnpike.” Pg. 4

FLUSH is a very interesting book. This book includes...more
Leah Kritzer

Main characters: Noah, Abbey, Donna, Paine, Bobby, Jasper Jr., Shelly, Lice Peeking, Dusty Muleman, and Bull.

Noah and the Underwood family live in the Florida Keys. Sometime before computers were in the world they used newspapers to tell the news and Paine Underwood was always in the news. First he was in it for sinking a casino boat accused of dumping sewage in the ocean after all the guests had got off the boat. The second time he was in the news for taking off his ankle tracker that the polic...more
Pearl Mayfield
Flush Book Review
So, it all starts off with Noah Underwood visiting his dad in jail. Noah's dad sunk a ship called the,"Coral Queen" because a man named Dusty Mulemen- owner of the,"Coral Queen"- has been dumping human waste from his boat at night when no one can find out to save money. Noah's dad steps into place and sneaks in and sinks the ship. The police find out and he is sent to jail.
Now, it's up to Noah and Abbey- his little sister- to stop this. Since there are so many ships anchored by...more
Lani

I honestly thought Flush by Carl Hiaasen was an average or below book, but I managed to read it until the end. I enjoyed the fact that siblings Noah and Abbey Underwood were trying to save the environment. It's a very considerate thing to do. They mentioned turtles, which happens to be a favorite animal of mine. Anyways, I don't think anyone would want to swim in other people's waste. Dusty Muleman, who is dumping it in the first place, must be really messed up. Throwing someone's waste into th...more
Josh Gregson
Flush, written by Carl Hiassen is a book about two dull teenagers, Noah and Abbie who want to get there “forgiving” dad out of jail. Their dumb dad went to jail for blowing up a casino boat because he thought the owner of the book, Dusty Muleman is flushing sewage in the water. Even though pollution is wrong, he should have just reported it to the police instead of blowing the boat up. While Noah visits his dad in prison, he tells him that he must prove Dusty Muleman guilty to get him out of ja...more
Katherine Hofmann
I thought Flush by Carl Hiaasen what a very good book and fascinating story. This story takes place in the Florida. The characters had a lot of detail and they were all pretty interesting. I especially like Noah's father because he really cares about the Earth and the things living on it (even though he might do something's that are kind of stupid when someone is mistreating it). Another thing I thought was interesting is that Noah, a thirteen year old boy, tries to stay out of trouble in anywa...more
Katelyn
Katelyn Levitt
September 24, 2012
English period 6
Flushing the Dishonest
Carl Hiaasen grew up in Florida so it is not much of a surprise that his bestselling book takes place in the Florida Keys. Noah, an adolescent and his younger sister, Abbey are trying to clear their father’s name. Their father sunk a seventy- three foot casino boat that belonged to Dusty Muleman. As a result, their father was thrown in jail for his actions. He sunk Dusty Muleman’s boat because he saw Dusty’s workers illegall...more
Arianna
I loved Hiaasen’s Hoot when I read it several years ago, and I recommend it just as much as Flush (which is not a sequel to Hoot). Adults may be familiar with his earlier mysteries, but Hiaasen has since branched into children’s literature. Flush is the story of a family and how they deal with the father’s well-meaning but legally questionable attempts to make things right where they are wrong. We meet Noah at the beginning as he is waiting to meet his father in a visitor’s room…at the local jai...more
Kids Write Reviews
Are you sick and tired of your dad going to jail for the third time? Well, Noah is. Noah is 13 years old living the life of a normal 13 year old kid but he has lots of problems on his hands. Noah has to stop his dad from escaping from jail, then find who the stranger who almost saved his life along, as well as stop this big bully named Bull from bullying him. WOW! That’s a lot of work for a kid.

Now I’m not sure if you have had the feeling of wanting to show someone wrong. Well, that’s how Abbey...more
LJ
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Anjum
I read this book, because I bought quite a few books when I was younger that I never got around to reading. Now, I have a strict policy that says that I can't get rid of a book until I read it. So, although this book is four 10 year olds, I read this as a 16 year old, and I thought that it's a pretty solid book! It also helped that I wanted an easy read after having spent months getting through 'The Other Boleyn Girl.'

The characters in this story are very relatable and simple. They have an eager...more
Jesse Brangenberg
Flush begins with Noah Underwood going to see his father Paine on Father’s Day. His Dad is in jail for sinking the Coral Queen a gambling boat that has been dumping it’s waste into the water. This is a big problem because it would wash up on a popular beach and people and animals get sick from swimming in it. Paine said he’d tried to notify the Coast Guard and other people to tell them what was going on but Dusty Muleman, the owner, always seemed to know when they were coming and would dump the...more
Carol Baldwin
FLUSH: An Example of What Every Book Should Include

I can't help myself. Whenever I read a book I'm always analyzing how the author pulls it off. How does he or she weave together the different elements needed to produce an engaging book for young readers?


My recent read, FLUSH by Carl Hiaasen, is a great example of this type of book. It has:


A great beginning that hooks the reader


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 s...more
Michelle Kovacs
Hi-Lo pick....

This was a cute book! The cover itself had me wondering what on earth "Flush" could be about. Flush is about a boy named Noah who's father is in jail for trying to sink a casino ship. His Dad, Paine, tried to do this because he was angry that the casino ship, called the Coral Queen, was dumping their waste right into the ocean instead of getting rid of it the proper way. This was making people sick who swam in the area where the sewage would wash up on shore. It was also hurting th...more
Andrea
After reading Hoot, I couldn't resist reading all of Carl Hiassen's young adult fiction for myself. I blew through this book in two nights. Absolutely fantastic! Another tale of environmental activism by young people and how it changes the world around them. I want to read this to my son before he loses that "I can do ANYTHING!" feeling that only the young and unscarred possess.

The book starts with Noah visiting his father in jail. He's there because he sank a casino boat after finding out that,...more
Jane
I read this book because it is the required read for rising sixth graders and I wanted to be able to talk about it with them in our on line group. It's a mystery about a man who is dumping sewage from his boat into the ocean. Sam thought that the kids scheme to expose the bad guy wasn't a very good one. I actually thought that Noah and Abbey's plot to expose the dumping of raw sewage was a great one. It seemed utterly believable to me that kids would come up with an idea like this. I agree with...more
Lexi
May 19, 2011 Lexi added it
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Lars Guthrie
You might come to ‘Flush’ with two preconceptions.

Carl Hiaasen writes adult thrillers with a satirical tenor, often featuring characters from the trailer trash end of the social spectrum. So it’s likely that his children’s books will retain a bit of that edge.

Those adult thrillers, and Hiaasen’s books for younger readers, focus on environmentalism, so it’s likely that ‘Flush’ centers on that kind of issue.

Your preconceptions would be proven true.

The tone of ‘Flush’ is sardonic. It features a ba...more
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Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his family. After graduating from the University of Florida, he began writing for the Miami Herald. As a journalist and author, Carl has spend most of his life advocating the protection of the Florida Everglades. He and his family still live southern Florida.
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