Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
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Book Reviews of Hoot
Book Review: Environmental focus and clear prose
Summary: 5 Stars
Just off the moving truck from Montana, Roy Eberhardt is about to start at Trace Middle School down in Coconut Grove, Florida. The new kid in town. Again. And he has new kid syndome bad -- eating lunch by himself, no friends, and the subject of the school bully's free time enjoyment. Things leap from ordinary to extra-O one day when Dana Matherson is beating the loose change out of him on the bus. Roy happens to look out the window and see a strange boy running almost as fast as the bus.
Why isn't the boy going to school? Why is he barefoot? And how is he running so fast?
Roy's quest to find out the identity of this mysterious boy leads him to cross paths with several interesting characters in the process, many of which are adults -- A few police officers, security guards for Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House, the tallest, toughest girl at school, Beatrice, and a nest of burrowing owls at the corner of East Oriole Avenue. This intersection of characters drops Roy into the center of a plot to keep Mother Paula's from building their new restaurant on the site at East Oriole. We can't have them burrying those owls now, can we? Uprooted survey stakes, baby alligators in the portapotties, spraypainted and jawtied cottonmouth snakes on the site, and spraypainted cop car windows are just the start. Something has to be done to defend the owls, and somebody has to do it.
Carl Hiassen's first book for young adults, HOOT seems it will be around for a long time. It's environmental focus and clear prose make it easy to recommend to young readers. And with the movie having already hit the theaters a while back, I wouldn't be surprised if this book makes its way into school classrooms at some point.
-- Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
Book Review: Excellent Read-aloud book...
Summary: 5 Stars
While the book has a great "hook" from the very first page - the mystery of the running boy, who is first seen by Roy as his (Roy's) face is smushed against a school bus window by a bully - I was a bit surprised by how much my children (9, 11) LOVE this book. Hiaasen's book is chock-full of vivid descriptions of both the setting and the characters - and there are multiple well-developed characters. My kids usually prefer action(although they did love the quiet tale of the Penderwicks) to character analysis, but they were riveted by this tale and begged me to read multiple chapters a day instead of the usual one. And I've enjoyed it thoroughly myself.
I'd say Hoot has increased the children's environmental awareness; given them an appreciation of Florida as something other than a state where beaches, hurricanes, and Disney can be found; encouraged them to really think about that fine line between right and wrong; increased their curiosity about the motivations of adults and the complicated balancing acts they engage in; raised the issue of dysfunctional families in a fairly sensitive way; and given us the opportunity to discuss many literary devices. And it is quite funny too, sometimes a bit slapstick but the descriptions are wonderful and the kids completely eat it up.
Highly recommended.
Book Review: A great book. I do not know how to put it otherwise
Summary: 5 Stars
The book Hoot is one of my favorite books. The main characters of the book are: Beatrice Leep, a mystery boy (I can't tell you his name because his name is revealed in the middle of the story), Roy Eberhardt, Curly, and Officer Delinko. This book is from two different perspectives. One is from Roy and the other is from Officer Delinko. This book is intriguing because you have to read one chapter from one perspective. And the next is from another. So, you will have to read the chapter in between, then you will want to continue that chapter and then you'll be excited because you can continue the chapter before then. That is what I like about this book. It all started out when Roy had his face was pushed into the bus window by the bully. He saw a boy that was running away from the school. He was curious. At almost the same time, Delinko and Curly had a problem. All of the construction stakes were pulled out of the Mother Paula's Pancake House construction site! Curly was furious but Delinko and Roy were curious. Does the mystery boy have something to do with the dillema? Read the book to find out!Book Review: Hoot Rocks!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book review of Hoot by: Carl Hiaasen
This book is meant for kids or adults that care for the wild. This book is about saving owls from the Mother Paula Pancake House construction site and standing up to a school bully.
The theme is courage to stand up to a school bully and save the owls. I also think it deals with friendship because one character makes new friends.
The characters are Roy Eberhardt who has moved from place to place; Dana Matherson the school bully; Beatrice Leep a soccer player with a bad attitude; and Mullet fingers Beatrice's brother. Dana and Beatrice are mean to Roy. If Dana had not shoved Roy's face up against the window Roy would not have seen the running boy (Mullet Fingers).
The setting is in Coconut Cove, Florida. Why I think this is the setting is because that is what Roy had said. The book also takes place at the construction site and school building
Will Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers be caught? Will they save the owls? Is Roy going to be beaten up by Dana? Only way to find out is by reading the book.
Book Review: Hoot Rocks!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book review of Hoot by: Carl Hiaasen
This book is meant for kids or adults that care for the wild. This book is about saving owls from the Mother Paula Pancake House construction site and standing up to a school bully.
The theme is courage to stand up to a school bully and save the owls. I also think it deals with friendship because one character makes new friends.
The characters are Roy Eberhardt who has moved from place to place; Dana Matherson the school bully; Beatrice Leep a soccer player with a bad attitude; and Mullet fingers Beatrice's brother. Dana and Beatrice are mean to Roy. If Dana had not shoved Roy's face up against the window Roy would not have seen the running boy (Mullet Fingers).
The setting is in Coconut Cove, Florida. Why I think this is the setting is because that is what Roy had said. The book also takes place at the construction site and school building
Will Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers be caught? Will they save the owls? Is Roy going to be beaten up by Dana? Only way to find out is by reading the book.