The Book Show - Carl Hiaasen - Wrecker

January 09, 2024 00:27:26
The Book Show - Carl Hiaasen - Wrecker
The Book Show
The Book Show - Carl Hiaasen - Wrecker

Jan 09 2024 | 00:27:26

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Show Notes

As a prolific novelist of books for adults and kids, Carl Hiaasen has a subject: Florida. It is his beat. In “Wrecker,” Hiaasen’s new novel for Young Readers, Valdez Jones VIII needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas -- just as soon as he finishes Zoom school.

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