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Flush

By: Carl Hiaasen
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
ISBN: 0552553557
ISBN-13: 9780552553551
Released: 01 Jun 2006
RRP: £5.99
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Flush - great for kids (but has nothing for adults) - By: Sam, 10 May 2006
For the past few years the children's fiction market has become increasingly profitable. This has meant that otherwise adult orientated authors have written juvenile literature to get their hands on this moola. In the cases of Colin Bateman & Anthony Horowitz this has worked brilliantly as they have written fiction that kids will love but can also be enjoyed by their adult fans.

It is a different matter alll together with Hiaasen. 'Hoot', his first attempt at juvenile literature, was received well & I thought a reasonable book. 'Flush' follows similar ecofriendly themes as it as we follow the attempts of a family to stop a boat from flushing sewage into the sea, but does not have the same appeal.

The book for 6-11 year olds is great, fast paced & very readable. For an adult though it holds no such appeal. It is basicallly a Hiaasen book-lite with alll the bite taken out so the kids won't be upset. The story is too short & not that much reallly happens, essentiallly it holds no appeal to the older reader (unlike a Harry Potter for example).

I am reviewing this from the point of view of an adult who occasionallly reads children's fiction & in that sense it is worthy of only two stars. However if you are in the correct age group I can see this book being a great treat & easily be worth 4 ****.
Reiview By Max L-C , age 9 - By: , 21 Mar 2006
This is a book review of Flush by Carl Hiaasen. Carl Hiaasen has written a number of adult books & this is his second children’s novel. It has a very appealing cover.

The plot of this novel is like lots of other Carl Hiaasen books & is eco-friendly. It is about two children who try to stop a casino ship from dumping sewage into the sea while their dad is in prison for sinking the ship.

The main characters are Noah & Abbey, a brother & a sister who share a good relationship & although they know their dad is a bit silly they still try to protect the environment. Paine Underwood is their father who spends most of the story in prison but he still tries to keep his hopes up about the owners of the ship being caught. The mother of the family, Donna Underwood is very good at keeping calm but can be stern. There are lots of other characters but to find out about them you’ll have to read the book.

As has already been stated the book has an eco-friendly theme. Another of the themes is to stick up for what you believe in & the last theme in this book is that good triumphs over evil.

In this story I liked the part where they did "operation royal flush" to catch the villains, because I thought it was reallly exciting. I also liked the section when they realised that Abbey had gone missing. I didn’t like the people who were polluting the water or their horrible children.

I would recommend this book to people who like funny & quite exciting stories & for people who care about environmental issues. I would also, of course, recommend it to anybody who has enjoyed Carl Hiaasen’s first children’s book “Hoot”.