Cirrus@Austlit

'The fourth title in Jon Tucker's 'Those Kids' series of environmentally themed adventure books is nominally targeted at the 10-14 readership, but with considerable appeal to adults as well. The setting is New Zealand's Far North waterways (an inlet in the Bay of Islands), involving Australian and Kiwi alternative lifestyle children who take on the local oyster farmers over their careless use of plastics in the local waterways. 
'A highly contemporary book - both in technology and values - despite its seemingly old-fashioned initial appearance. With its themes of sealevel rise, the plastic threat and predator eradication, it is already being hailed by teachers as a potentially valuable classroom resource, like its prequels.
'It has been constructed in readable-length six-page illustrated chapters, to make it suitable for adults to read aloud in twenty-minute bites, and to interest reluctant (or time-constrained) readers.'   (Publication summary)

'Young Fin has always been passionate about fishing, so when he discovers an illegal net full of undersized fish in Sydney's northern waterways, his first reaction is to empty it. The subsequent events turn a joint Kiwi-Australian family holiday into a rather more complex experience.

'Jon Tucker's latest novel, like its precursor which found its way onto the adult shelves of several libraries and bookstores, has been described as a children's book written for adults.

Underlying its clear environmental message is the conclusion that modern children can still find adventure when their parents are prepared to give them a little trust and freedom.' (Publication summary)