Chapters 16 and 17 Summary

Chapter 16

As Noah swam away, Luno was on the top deck hollering at him to stop. He kept diving underwater to swim, coming up for a breath and looking for Abbey and then diving back down. He was underwater when he hit something that felt like a wall of blubber. He was flung out of the water and saw a massive brown figure pushing away at an incredible pace. It was a manatee. Noah resumed swimming and the thought ran through his mind that sharks also patrol the waters at night. Finally, through his watery, blurry eyes he saw Abbey and the dinghy. He climbed in the boat and tried to re-start the engine which had stalled. As he made repeated attempts to start the engine, Luno spotted them with his flashlight. They were drifting toward the dock where Dusty had...