Flush (novel)

Flush is a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen first published in 2005, and set in Hiaasen's native Florida. It is his second young adult novel, after Hoot. The plot is similar to Hoot but it doesn't have the same cast and is not a continuation.

Plot

This takes place in the Florida Keys up to Miami. It is placed in modern day time. This story happens in the summer.

This book is about a pre-teen boy (Noah) whose dad doesn't always think about what he does before he does it. He used to work with a man name Dusty Muleman who said that one day he was going to form a new business. Dusty owns a gambling facility that was parked in Indian Territory and made a deal with the Indians that he could gamble on their waters and pay them a part of the profit. Since his ship, the Coral Queen, never leaves the dock, passengers do not get seasick and continued to gamble and spend money. In order to save money, he dumps his waste from the holding tanks into the ocean at night when nobody is looking. Noah's dad is a person who stands up for the environment and sinks Dusty's boat and is then put in jail. Noah and his sister decide to try and find a way to stop him. They talk to their dad and he tells them that he also worked with a man called Lice Pecking. He says that he also worked on the boat and he could testify on the fact that Dusty really did dump his waste into the ocean. He wanted Lice to sign a paper saying that Lice saw Dusty Muelman dumping wastes into the lake. It then looks like Lice is kidnapped and is unable to testify. They meet his girlfriend, Shelly, who tells them that she will help them stop Dusty's casino scam. She tells him that she wants to work as a bartender on Dusty's Boat. She tells them that one night she stays late and sees Dusty dumping the waste from the ship. A few days later, he goes to a small pond and sees a park ranger putting up signs that say the water is contaminated from human waste. Since there are many boats docked in the harbors, it's impossible to see which boat the waste is actually coming from. They then get the idea to color the waste with a very bright dye to help identify the culprit. Then they go into a food store and purchase 35 bottles of Fuchsia dye and tell Shelly their plan. They tell her that Noah will hide in a box full of rum and wait till it is picked up and placed on the ship he then will go into a restroom and Shelly will tack on an out of order sign. He will then take his bag full of dye and squeeze it out into the toilets. After that he will leave the ship and go home. Since kids are not allowed on the ship he will need to be very careful. The plan has some problems and they barely make it off. A guard catches him and threatens to shoot if he does not explain everything. Then a strange pirate attacks the guard.Noah swims and says the emergency code word he and Abbey came up with but she couldn't start the boat to get to him. Noah then sees the boat and gets onboard. He and abbey drift away into the deeper ocean. They fall asleep.In the morning they see a tow boat. Their dad is driving it and the same pirate guy is onboard the tow boat. once they get onboard the other boat they find out it is their grandpa that disappeared a long time ago and that they thought was dead.they call the coast guard Dusty gets fined. Noah's dad is mad that he didn't get arrested then they find out that Dusty's son Jasper was messing with fireworks and set the boat on fire.

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MAJOR CHARACTERS: Noah Underwood, Abbey Underwood, Pain Underwood, Donna Underwood, Lice Peeking, Dusty Muleman Shelly, Jasper.