LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review Form

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Kristine S
2. Date of review of book: 6/12/2007
3. Complete Book Title: FLUSH
4. Author of Book: Carl Hiaasen
5. Year the book was published: 2005
6. Genre: Realistic Fiction
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 2

8. Main conflict in the book: The main conflict in the book was that Noah wanted to be like his dad and no one understood that so he did everything he could to receive what he wanted including a fist fight with some bullies.

9. Setting of the book: (place and time) A small town by the beach where the Coral Queen is docked. This book is taken place in modern time.

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Noah is the main character in the book who has many adventures in trying to save wildlife
(2) Billy’s Father is a man who cares about wildlife and shows Billy the meaning of life

11. Are the characters believable and interesting? The characters are believable and interesting and make this book what it is.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use quotation marks!) “Geez, you’re as whacked as Dad,” said Abbey. (page 39)

13. Good reasons to read the book: A good reason to read flush is because it shows how much this environment needs people like Noah and his dad to find the people who are not doing the right thing to the environment and hurting the wildlife.

14. Any reasons not to read the book? There is no reason not to read this book but you might want to also read the prequel Hoot.

15. Did you like this book or not? And why…. I liked this book because it showed me how some people in this world don’t care and end up killing others but other people try to prevent that from happening.