Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
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Book Summary Information
Author: Carl HiaasenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-14
ISBN: 0440421705
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Yearling
Book Reviews of Hoot
Book Review: Adam from Lake Tapps says - Just a Hoot
Summary: 5 Stars
A Mouse Saves the Day (name the book, author and location)
This is a book review about the Tale of Despereaux by the Kate DeCammillo. Most of the story takes place in a castle in a land far, far away.
Big ears and a bigger heart (summary 100- 150 words)
In the Tale of Despereaux a small, weak mouse is born to parents who think he will not even live to see the light of the next day's sun. But in this case, the love of a princess holds true and propels Despereaux on a tale that few could survive. The mighty mouse has to deal with his own family who betrays him, an evil rodent who is the king of the dungeon, a somewhat sympathetic jailor and a host of others who can only see a mouse as something to be caught in a trap and discarded. If you like happy endings where good wins over evil please grab this book off the nearest bookshelf and sail off to a land full of mouseful adventures.
I was there (tell why you liked the book)
I loved this book so much. I liked it a lot - even though it is fantasy. But with fantasy comes the fun part - could a mouse really marry a princess? With her story-telling approach, I felt like I was sitting around a campfire with Kate DeCamillo right beside me. She makes the reader feel like she is telling the story just to you. She captures your interest and soon your heart. In every chapter, she starts or ends with," Reader . . . . . Reader do you know what happened next, And then Reader, he fainted." In the end, the author signs off, "Reader, I hope you have found some light here."
It's so real to me (tell one more thing about the book that is important to you)
Just recently one of my best friends got very sick. He had to fight through a terrible disease to save his life. I loved the Tale of Despereaux because he had to also fight for something that he believed in and save himself from probable death in a dungeon. If Deperaux and my friend had not believed in themselves, they might have both died. One of the most powerful things that we can learn from books is how to deal with our own lives and perhaps become a better person.
Thumbs up or down? (Your recommendation)
Whether you are a fantasy reader or not, this is a great book. One of my all-time favorites.
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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