Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
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Author: Carl HiaasenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-14
ISBN: 0440421705
Number of pages: 304
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Yearling
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Book Review: You'll give a hoot for this one.
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever had to lie about your name? Roy did when a vicious snake bit Mullet Fingers, a runaway kid, while he was trying to save the owls. Roy had to give his name to the nurse because if Mullet Fingers gave his name she would call his horrible abusive mother. Then he would have to live with her again.
This story involves three kids: Roy, Mullet Fingers, and Beatrice, who try to save the owls that live in underground burrows. They have to sneak out at night, plant traps, and face the police and their parents. The town wants to put a Pancake House over those burrows. Pancake House or Owls? They go through a lot to try and make these defenseless owls safe.
I would recommend this book to both boys and girls. I really liked this amazing book because it reveals true friendship and you see if the kids have enough bravery to save these owls. Carl Hiaasen's writing is very descriptive and has received numerous incredible awards including the Newbury Honor Award. I really loved this book and I think that you would too.
I. L.
Summary of Hoot
Unfortunately, Roy's first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn't been sinking his thumbs into Roy's temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and-here's the odd part-wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy's trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails.Roy has most definitely arrived in Carl Hiaasen's Florida.
From the Hardcover edition.
Roy Eberhardt is the new kid--again. This time around it's Trace Middle School in humid Coconut Grove, Florida. But it's still the same old routine: table by himself at lunch, no real friends, and thick-headed bullies like Dana Matherson pushing him around. But if it wasn't for Dana Matherson mashing his face against the school bus window that one day, he might never have seen the tow-headed running boy. And if he had never seen the running boy, he might never have met tall, tough, bully-beating Beatrice. And if he had never met Beatrice, he might never have discovered the burrowing owls living in the lot on the corner of East Oriole Avenue. And if he had never discovered the owls, he probably would have missed out on the adventure of a lifetime. Apparently, bullies do serve a greater purpose in the scope of the universe. Because if it wasn't for Dana Matherson...
In his first novel for a younger audience, Carl Hiaasen (Basket Case, etc.) plunges readers right into the middle of an ecological mystery, made up of endangered miniature owls, the Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House scheduled to be built over their burrows, and the owls' unlikely allies--three middle school kids determined to beat the screwed-up adult system. Hiaasen's tongue is firmly in cheek as he successfully cuts his slapstick sense of humor down to kid-size. Sure to be a hoot, er, hit with middle school mystery fans. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert
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