Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
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Summary: 4 Stars
Austin M. review of Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, March 20, 2008. WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD! Roy Eberhardt is an adolescent boy who has moved from place to place with his father's job in the government. He now resides in the quiet town of Coconut Cove, Florida. In this town Roy is the new kid who has only a few friends. One day while riding the bus to school, Roy sees a boy running down the road in an old, tattered basketball jersey, dirty shorts, and bare feet. Roy is fascinated by the boy, and the next time he sees the boy he pursues him. While jumping off of the bus to catch the boy, he runs into Beatrice Leed. The boy turns out to be Beatrice's stepbrother. The main problem in the story is a species of burrowing owl that makes their nest on a construction site for the restaurant, Mother Paula's Pancakes. Beatrice's stepbrother has always cared about animals, and he wants to save the owls living on the lot. He pulls multiple pranks, and crimes to try to delay the construction. Later in the story, Beatrice's brother pulls in Roy and Beatrice to help out with the cause. Eventually Roy spreads publicity throughout the school and town, and when the televised groundbreaking ceremony for the restaurant came, there was a large protest against the construction. The school kids, along with adults, and the Mother Paula icon herself fight the company by not letting construction begin. In addition, a little detective work by Roy made the company forfeit the lot. Roy found out that the lot did not have any of the proper paperwork, and that the owls were a protected species, so the company gave up. The trio of Roy, Beatrice, Napoleon Bridger (Beatrice's stepbrother) had won the battle.Book Review: chase for what you believe in with hoot
Summary: 4 Stars
Have you ever felt you needed to help something or someone?
Well the book I read was Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. This book has that question answered, as the main character Roy has been on quite an adventure with his new friend Napoleon has had quite a school year trying to save the owls, him and his mysterious friend will do anything for those owls.
This book is about the new kid Roy who just moved to Florida who isn't the most popular kid. On the way to school Roy spots a kid running from the school bus. Roy was curious to whom this kid was. He soon finds out that he will be on the biggest adventure of his life, trying to save owls from being crushed by a construction sight of a popular pancake house.
I would rate this book 4 star because some parts of the book where kind of predictable and I like books that are like that I like books that you don't know what will happen next. This book is a 4 star to me because it was a really good story and I loved how it was in Florida and it had great description.
This book takes place in Florida, Florida is an awesome setting and it was really fun to read this book because it was full of adventure in south Florida and there were a lot of water sports and surprising things.
I would recommend this book to everyone that loves surprising and adventurous stories, the reason that I would recommend this book to everyone is because it's a fun book and no matter how only you are you can have fun with this book.
-SSC
Book Review: A Hoot of a read
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm happy to report that HOOT is funny, well written, and enjoyable, book. The plot has Roy Eberhardt, an intelligent, adventurous middle-school student who has just moved to Florida from Montana. He misses the mountains and wilderness of Montana. As a kid who has moved a lot, he's not surprised to be a victim of bully named Dana Matherson. While being strangled by Dana on the school bus, Roy spies a kid running along the sidewalk, a kid with no backpack and no shoes. Suspicious, he sets out to find him and gets involved in the strange kid's crazy and dangerous tactics to save a particular street corner from its fate as the future site of another Mother Paula's All-American Pancake. The adults seem to be ignoring the burrows of tiny owls that will be buried by the bulldozing equipment any day now. Roy's parents explain that it surely is a shame about the owls, but the company must have filed all of the papers and received all of the necessary permits. But Roy and his new friends, Mullet Fingers, the outlaw boy, and Beatrice, his tough, soccer playing stepsister, are not about to take the destruction of the owls' burrows. Along the way they avoid Officer Delinko, the ambitious cop who tries to protect the site, and Curly, the foreman who's responsible for getting the job started.
Book Review: L@@k its Hoot
Summary: 4 Stars
Roy Eberhardt is a new kid from Montana who moved to Florida. One day Roy was getting beat up on the bus by a bully named Dana Matherson. Dana slammed his head against the window and Roy notices a boy running really fast with no shoes on. After building a friendship with Beatrice Leep an athletic soccer player from school, together they help the running boy, Mullet Fingers, Beatrice's step-brother. He vandalizes the future Mother Paula's pancake house ground site because he wants to save the protected Burrowing owls that live in the ground. Officer Delinko is trying to stop Mullet Fingers from doing the vandalism, but he does not know who it is. Will Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers out smart the cop and save the owls?
I think Hoot is a great book for people looking for adventure. This book keeps you on the edge of your chair, but make sure you don't fall off. Hoot teaches you about the environment and friendship.
-Andrew
Book Review: an eco-friendly, cute tale for young teens
Summary: 4 Stars
For the legion of Hiaasen fans out there, 'Hoot' is pure Hiaasen but without the raunchiness and ribald humor. It is more whimsical than funny, its plot rather obvious and ultra-wholesome, but it's a very enjoyable read nonetheless. Hiaasen transforms himself into a young teen who, with other rascals his age, fight corporate America from building upon land where nesting ground owls call home. These kids pull all sorts of tricks to defeat the wicked and inept adults. Although this book is clearly targeted to the junior high school set, and I think it makes a wonderful read for boys and girls, it's the sort of read adults can enjoy especially if they don't want to think too hard. You will never confuse 'Hoot' with works by Leo Tolstoy or Henry James.
Bottom line: lighthearted and politically correct.