From the author's website: Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard... |
As a parent and teacher, I was not happy with Hiaasen's use of so-called adult language in a couple of the later scenes; it was totally unnecessary and took my attention away from an otherwise funny and adventurous page-turner.