Flush

Carl Hiaasen (Alfred A. Knopf / $16.95)

Best-selling novelist and passionate environmentalist Carl Hiaasen is at it again, this time displaying his sassy wit in a children’s book that is at once rambunctious and heartfelt. A delightful read even for “grown-ups,” Flush follows a young brother and sister as they uncover the mystery of the Coral Queen casino boat, whose operator is suspected of flushing sewage into Florida waters. Hiaasen’s previous children’s novel, Hoot — a Newbery Honor winner — gave The Nature Conservancy a starring role, wherein threatened land is ultimately donated to the organization.

— Emmy Nicklin

Learn more about Flush by Carl Hiaasen:

• Where We Work: The Nature Conservancy of Florida
  Working with partners, local communities, and people like you, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 1.1 million acres of critical natural lands in Florida.
• Places We Protect: Florida Keys
  Where the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea meet, lies the only barrier reef in the continental United States and the third largest coral reef system in the world.