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Hoot

By Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot

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New to Florida, Roy spots the running boy--running away from the school bus, carrying no books and wearing no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy's trail, which leads him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, and a renegade eco-avenger.
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Authors: Hiaasen, Carl
Copyright: 2002
Format: Hardcover
GTIN13: 9780375821813
ISBN10: 0375821813
Page Count: 304
Dimensions: 5.86x1.01x8.52
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Jacket Notes: 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.

Strand Notes

A Newbery Honor Book. Recently and unhappily arrived in Florida, Roy Eberhardt states flatly, "Disney World is an armpit compared to Montana." Being the new kid anywhere is always tough, but in Florida, there are plenty of distractions to take up the slack. (Ages: 8-11).

Description

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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