By Jason F.
Carl Hiaasen's Flush details the adventures of Noah Underwood, a young teen who lives in Florida with his family. He loves spending his time outdoors fishing, snorkeling, boating and exploring with his younger sister, Abbey. Then one day, Noah comes home to find out that his father had been arrested and put in jail. Later he finds out it was sinking a ship that had been dumping its sewage into the crystal clear waters of the Florida Keys. Noah and Abbey try doing some investigation of their own and try to expose the ship that had been refloated and repaired, to help justify their father's actions.
Carl Hiaasen uses a good mix of dialogue and narration which makes Flush a very smooth and easy read. I like this story a lot (which is somewhat biased because I was a fan of another, much similar one of Hiaasen's books) but it is lacking in any comedic undertones. This makes the story seem kind of dry. Other than that, Hiaasen does a great job writing from Noah's point of view as well as describing the layout of each scene as well as most of the action that takes place.
I recommend this story to anyone who has enjoyed other novels written by Carl Hiaasen such as Hoot, Chomp, Scat and Bad Monkey. All of which are related to nature preservation if you are into that sort of thing. They do make for an entertaining adventure in general though so I would recommend this book to someone in need of something to read.
This book can be found at either the Nashua Public Library or the library at your local high school.
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