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The main idea of the book was that Noah’s dad got in trouble for rating this guy out and he failed to Noah and his sister Abby felt like it was there job now to show the world what this guy really was. First Noah's dad (Paine) got arrested for sinking a guys boat because he was dumping his sewage ,from his boat, into a basin. Next Noah starts to snoop around Dusty Mullens boat, trying to find out if his dad was right. Finally Noah, Abby, and Shelly (a adult friend) came up with a plan to show the world what he was doing and so he could get in trouble. The main characters are Noah, Abbey, and Paine. Noah is the protagonist. Noah is a teenage boy. He looks just like his dad and acts like him too. He had to change to the man of the house. He likes to get in mastiff and …show more content…
The protagonist faces a big problem. He has to prove to the town that his father is not crazy, and what Dusty was doing is wrong. It was hard because Dusty is friends with all the big bucks. The conflict is solved thanks to Noah. Noah. Shelly, and Abbey came up with a plan to get onboard Dusty’s ship and flush a bright colored liquid so everyone could see it. The story ended by mom and dad finding the kids and Dusty gets in trouble for what he did. My favorite scene was the boat scene. Bull and his friends we riding in a boat on the creek where Noah was fishing. Bull and his friends were shouting mean things to him. Noah uses is tiny hurt to “catch” bull and then everyone comes to Bull”s side to help, and the boat tips over and the motor breaks. My favorite character was Noah’s little sister Abbey. Abbey was feisty and didn't like to wait on her brother.When her brother was about to get in the fight Abbey was right there too. One time when Bull was trying to beat up Noah she took a bite out of Bull because that was her only weapon. She even drew
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