Cummings 6th Grade Team

You know it’s going to be a rough summer when you spend Father’s Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah’s dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor-which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can’t prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah’s dad is stuck in the clink.

Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow. His allies may not add up to much-his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate-but Noah’s got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.

Connections to my life:

• The 3 R’s by Jack Johnson

• Help clean up the water ways! Clean up the Garbage Game

• National Marine Sanctuary Media Collection The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library is an online vault where a comprehensive collection of select video clips and high-resolution still images from America’s underwater treasures are securely stored and available for searchable access and download.  Check it out!

• Check out what scientists are doing in the Florida Keys Marin Sanctuary!  Tortuga Mission Blog

• BULLYING–What are the characteristics of a bully?  How has Dusty Muleman managed to bully both the sheriff and members of the Coast Guard? Name and describe other bullies in the novel. What is the best way to deal with a bully? Why does Noah keep his problems with Jasper, Jr., from his parents? Noah’s father says “fighting is for people who can’t win with their brains.” (p. 38) How does Noah defeat Jasper, Jr., and Dusty by using his brain?  How to deal with a bully

• What can you do to protect our world’s natural resources?  Check out the official website of the Nature Conservancy whose mission it is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.  The Nature Conservatory

• What is the US Coast Guard? Where are they located?  What do they do?  Might I want to do this for a career one day?  US Coast Guard Official Site

• Come up with a small way that you/our school can protect our waterways in our neighborhood/Grandville?