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Hoot Paperback – December 27, 2005

by Carl Hiaasen (Author)

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This Newbery Honor-winning, hilarious Floridian adventure involves new kids, bullies, alligators, eco-warriors, pancakes, pint-sized owls, and more. A New York Times bestseller!

Everybody loves Mother Paula’s pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls’ fate cemented in pancake batter?

“A wonderful tour de-force.” —The Boston Globe

“A rollicking, righteous story.” —The Miami Herald

“Yes, it is a hoot.”—The Washington Post

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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 --This text refers to the Preloaded Digital Audio Player edition.

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With a Florida setting and proenvironment, antidevelopment message, Hiaasen (Sick Puppy) returns to familiar turf for his first novel for young readers. Characteristically quirky characters and comic twists will surely gain the author new fans, though their attention may wander during his narrative's intermittently protracted focus on several adults, among them a policeman and the manager of a construction site for a new franchise of a pancake restaurant chain. Both men are on a quest to discover who is sabotaging the site at night, including such pranks as uprooting survey stakes, spray-painting the police cruiser's windows while the officer sleeps within and filling the portable potties with alligators. The story's most intriguing character is the boy behind the mischief, a runaway on a mission to protect the miniature owls that live in burrows underneath the site. Roy, who has recently moved to Florida from Montana, befriends the homeless boy (nicknamed Mullet Fingers) and takes up his cause, as does the runaway's stepsister. Though readers will have few doubts about the success of the kids' campaign, several suspenseful scenes build to the denouement involving the sitcom-like unraveling of a muckity-muck at the pancake house. These, along with dollops of humor, help make the novel quite a hoot indeed. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Preloaded Digital Audio Player edition.

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Age Range: 10 and up
Grade Level: 5 and up
Lexile Measure: 0760 (What's this?)

Paperback: 292 pages
Publisher: Yearling; 1 edition (December 27, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0440419395
ISBN-13: 978-0440419396
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches
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Average Customer Review: 1,059 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Science Studies > Nature > Environment
- #7 in Books > Reference > English as a Second Language
- #13 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Birds

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What a hoot!

ByIdahomtmanon October 16, 2016

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What a fun book. Great literature for avid upper elementary and middle school readers. Even a fun and quick read for adults. Well written mystery with plenty of positive messages for young people. Highly recommend this book.

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I loved this book

ByCarol R. Bedellon February 1, 2017

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I loved this book. I was looking for an easy, funny, sweet story, after having read far too many Holocaust books. This is a day read and worth every moment of your time. If this is a kid's book, than remember, we are all kids at heart.

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Awesome

ByLaura R. Westermanon November 6, 2016

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I liked the book because of al of the things mullet fingers did. I gave this book five stars because it was a very exciting and good book that I enjoyed. I would recommend this book for people who like unfortunate events because of what mullet fingers did!!!

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Worth your money

ByT. R. Wolterson July 14, 2017

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Excellent audio book read by Chad Lowe, Rob's brother. He does a great job of adding character to the reading. I used this in my 6th grade class and they enjoyed it. Overall, well worth the price.

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Fun for kid and mom

ByProfessorMomon July 14, 2013

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I'm reading this now to my 11 year old son. We always read together, but he is at an in-between age where its sometimes hard to find things that interest him. This one does the trick. There is almost always a laugh-out-loud moment each night, and the story is holding both our attention. It is nice because it does not talk down to the kids, and has great character development and setting -- well its Carl Hiaasen after all. My son could easily read it himself, but then I would miss out!

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Five Stars

ByKerryon March 3, 2017

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Very interesting and exciting!
- Nicholas 10 years old

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Delightful!

Byumaybemeon September 18, 2017

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What an enjoyable book! It covers so many relevant topics in one small story... yet in a captivating way.

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Turned out to be young adult story but I didn't know that as I read it.

ByPeggy BBon March 12, 2014

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I ordered this book because I love Carl Hiaasen stories and didn't recognize this title. As I read it I remember thinking that it was a little different style than his other stuff. Very cute story! I'm not exactly a card-carrying tree-hugger but the fate of the little owls was intriging and I wanted to save them too. Take the chance and order this book. It won't be a waste of time.

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Four Stars

cute

Published 1 day ago by A. Johnson

Five Stars

My 9 year old loves this book. He is begging to have more reading time!

Published 1 day ago by Efizzle

Five Stars

GREAT BOOK and great service receiving it!

Published 3 days ago by Amazon Customer

Not Vintage Hiaasen

Not up to his usual standard. Too predictable and characters not as interesting. He needs to work on regaining his old form

Published 4 days ago by norbo

Very Entertaining

Amazing and fun to read!

Published 5 days ago by Amazon Customer

Amazing!

Amazing! I ordered this book one day ago, for my daughter, and received it the next day! So happy with this purchase. Will definitely order from this company again. Thank you!

Published 7 days ago by Denise levine

Not up to his usual standard

I've read most of his books. This was disappointing.

Published 11 days ago by Richard E. Berman

Really a kid's romance

Transparent pro-environment story. Boring despite the excellent prose of the author.

Published 13 days ago by irwin rumler

Best Florida Youth book

I am teacher who lived and taught in Florida
This book had me laughing so hard I almost peed my pants
The characters were well developed and relatable

Published 13 days ago by RAD

I'm 75 years old and sometimes want something just light and fun. This was it

It was a "hoot"!! I'm 75 years old and sometimes want something just light and fun. This was it!

I'll be reading more of his books!

Published 15 days ago by Susan E Breed

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