Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Flush

Title: Flush
Author:Carl Hiaasen
Hours:2
Pages:1-81
The beginning of the book starts where Noah Underwood visits his father in jail. His father was sent to jail for sinking a ship called the Coral Queen. while Noah was talking to his father he asked why he sunk the ship. he told him that the Coral Queen was secretly dumping waste or poop into the ocean and it was totally illegal. You see Noah's father was fisherman and he loved the earth and of course the ocean. Noah believes his father, but he thinks that he might have over reacted. Soon his sister convinces to catch the Coral Queen in the act. The only problem is the owner of the Coral Queen will do anything to keep it's dirty little s

Deadline

Title: Deadline
Author: Chris Crutcher
Hours:2
Pages:1-73

"What if you only had one year to live and you knew it ?" (a quote from Deadline). Eighteen year Ben Wolf has a terrible secret: he finds out that he has a blood disease called leukemia. But he wants to keep in it on the down low. He doesn't tell his parents, brother or his best friend. Only him and his doctor know and the doctor swore to never tell. Ben only wants to live a normal life for his final senior year in high school. Soon he starts to feel scared and confused because he doesn't know what to tell his parents and he's afraid how his family will react when he dies. So he decides to go with his doctor to Denver, Colorado to a special hospital for leukemia he finds out that there is nothing they can do so he goes home and decides to keep his leukemia hid from his parent untill the time is right.