"WE'RE THE POGUES, AND OUR MISSION THIS SUMMER IS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, ALL THE TIME."

"The Outer Banks, Paradise on Earth. It's sort of the place where you either have two jobs or two houses. Two tribes, one island.

There's Figure Eight, the rich side of the island. Home of the Kooks. So, guess where we don't live.

Then, there's the south side or the Cut. Home of the working class who make a living busying tables, washing yachts, running charters. Natural habitat of, drum roll, please...

The Pogues.

That's us. Pogues, pogies, the throwaway fish. Lowest members of the food chain. Okay. So, downside of the Pogue life is we're ignored and neglected. But the upside of Pogue life?

We're ignored and neglected, which means we do whatever we want, whenever we want."

"That's JJ, my best friend since third grade. He's about as local as they come. Latest in a long line of fishing, drinking, smuggling, vendetta-holding salt-lifers who made their living off the water. He's the best surfer I know. Just don't tell him I said that. Mild kleptomaniac and future tax cheat."

"And that's Kiara, or Kie, as we call her. When she's not saving turtles, or listening to Marley, or getting a dolphin tattoo, she hangs out with us. I'm not really sure why, though. So, she's a rich kid, actually. Her family owns The Wreck, this Outer Banks institution. Total cash cow with the tourists. I'm not really sure how her parents feel about us. We all sort of have a thing for her. She had a fling with Nate for a couple weeks. Didn't last long, though. I guess they were better at being best friends than being in a relationship."

"Speaking of which, this is Nate Hyun. JJ and I met him in seventh grade. He's the adrenaline junky of the group. Free diving, wake boarding, street racing. He does it all. He says it's cause he loves the thrill, but we all know it's to help him forget. Nate has problems, we all know that, but Hell would freeze over before we abandoned him for it. His aunt is the one that takes care of him now, she's the only family he has left. She owns the most popular liquor store on the island. Even the Kooks call her up for their fancy ass parties,"

"And that's Pope, the brains of the operation. Finalist for the Lucas T. Vanderhorst Merit Scholarship. And the smartest person that I know. Little bit of a weirdo. His father's the legendary character, Heyward. Anything you want on the island, Heyward can get it for you. Now, I'm not sure Heyward knew what to make of his oddball son, but it didn't matter. He was a Pogue, just like the rest of us."

"So, that's my crew. And that's me, John Booker Routledge."

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