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Wrecker

By: Carl Hiaasen
Narrated by: Ron Butler
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida!

Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living.

So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help—in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them.

Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West—at the marina, in the cemetery, even right outside his own door. And now they want more than his silence—they want a lookout.

He'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape this tangled net. . . .

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"Hiaasen packs his tale with rich character details, local history, and present-day concerns, all while carefully spinning a layered mystery that gets more serious with every turn. One heck of a ride."—Booklist, starred review

"A batten-down-the-hatches thriller anchored by critical real-life themes."—Kirkus Reviews

"Action-packed and endlessly funny."Shelf Awareness

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Love love, love it

I don’t do well keeping my attention on something but this book had my attention. Enjoyed it so much! Can’t wait to listen to more by this author

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Duped! But hey, what the bleep- I read it anyway

So, like most other reviewers on here, I was unaware this novel was YA, but I read it anyway. it was certainly good and imaginative enough, but it's amazing how much I miss Hiassen's gritty dialogue.. hopefully Amazon makes us aware next time he writes a YA novel. Bleep.

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Terrible Narration, Cringey Dialogue

The narrator of this book sounds like an infomercial sales person. Some of the dialogue sounds like an attempt from an old person struggling to capture what young people sound like,

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The attention to detail

ALL Carl Hiassen books are truly spectacular reads! I can't wait until the next book!

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Fun read

I should explain that I'm a big Hiaasen fan. I've loved all of his books, and this is no exception--a fun puzzling thriller, with off-beat humor. Get it, read it, love it.

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Sorry Carl

I know this was written for young adults and I’ve read others. The author has done. But this book was just playing bad. I finished it, but I wasn’t thrilled.

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cute

Enjoyed the storyline, and if it's an actual true story of actual events, even better!

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Refreshing new young characters from CH

I liked having some young people in the story. I hope Carl Hiaasen males a trend of it.

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I love Carl Hiaasen’s books

So this one was pretty disappointing. Not much humor and a so so story line without interesting characters you find in his earlier books.

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Loved it

Another fantastic story by Carl Hiaasen. Kept me glued to the radio. Recommend to everyone

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