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Violence
A lot
Real, not slapstick
Language
Some
A little: 'damn,' 'jackass,' 'horse's ass,' 'butt wart' — Hiaasen's usual register of insult comedy
Sexual Content
None
Common Sense Media records sex and romance as not present
Substance Use
Some
A little: an often-cruel alcoholic adult, prescription pills handed over as a placebo, and alcohol given to a python
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Tuna is running from a father who beats her, and that thread is treated seriously inside a comic novel
What this book is about
Wahoo Cray's father wrangles animals for a living, and takes a job on a fraudulent survival show to stop the bank taking the house. Wahoo's classmate Tuna joins them in the Everglades because she is hiding from her father. Common Sense Media rates the 290-page novel 12+ and the violence is where the comedy stops: Tuna's father, 'a mean alcoholic,' gives her a black eye, shoots two people and holds others hostage, and a younger character has his thumb bitten while feeding a pet alligator. Language is 'a little' — 'damn,' 'jackass,' 'horse's ass,' 'butt wart.' Substance use is 'a little': the cruel alcoholic father, a placebo of prescription pills given to another character, and alcohol administered to a python. There is no sexual content, and the review credits the book with 'a lot' of positive messaging about a nontraditional but genuinely supportive family and about respecting wildlife.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Child abuse: an alcoholic father who blackens his daughter's eye
A character shoots two people and takes hostages
Alcoholism treated as ongoing danger
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