Chapter 1 Summary
It was Father's Day when Noah Underwood visited his father, Paine, in jail. The deputy had him empty his pockets of everything, including a few coins and a stick of bubble gum. He was led into the room where his father was waiting. Noah wished his father a happy Father's Day. His father smiled and hugged him. His father was dressed in street clothes—not the normal jail jumpsuit. He asked why he didn't let his mother bail him out. His father said it was important for him to be in jail at that moment, he was proud of what he he had done.
Chapter 2 Summary
All the kids in their small town knew that Noah's father was in the slammer for sinking the boat. The kid he didn't want to deal with was Jasper Muleman, Jr., Dusty's son. Unfortunately, he ran right into him when he arrived at the salvage site. The boat was being hoisted up from underwater. Jasper called Noah a few names and shoved him a few times. Noah sucked it up and told …show more content…
Donna was upset with the evidence of the sewage dump. She said that Dusty should be stopped and that someday the authorities will catch up with him. After a while, a Coast Guard helicopter was circling over the area. One of the officers on board was video taping the purple stream. Dusty had finally been caught. Noah and Abbey went to visit Shelly to thank her and tell her that the Coast Guard had busted Dusty. Inside the trailer the kids were surprised to see two men passed out on the living room