{"product_id":"wrecker-9780593376324","title":"Wrecker","description":"\u003cb\u003eWrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas--just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida, now in paperback!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eValdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWrecker 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e tangled net. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives. He is the author of many bestselling novels, including \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNature Girl, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eAssume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear.\u003c\/i\u003e His books for younger readers include the Newbery Honor winner \u003ci\u003eHoot, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eFlush, Scat, Chomp, Skink--No Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSquirm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874603274514,"sku":"9780593376324","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_579270ff-a615-4ad9-8ff5-d0adb30ebd6a.jpg?v=1748524519","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wrecker-9780593376324","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}