false 13083 32 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...<p> In his first novel for a younger audience, Carl Hiaasen (<I>Basket Case</I>, 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) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 817164 book 2002 Hoot total:6721|5:1664|4:2466|3:2001|2:473|1:117| 6721 25250 8137 897 5 4 false true Sun Sep 21 11:43:51 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 16:56:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:40:45 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 18:32:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Nov 03 13:57:16 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 14:03:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Apr 13 07:57:01 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 07:57:36 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 19:22:39 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 19:36:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 11:48:01 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 12:00:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 13 07:16:45 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 07:17:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 17:18:11 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 17:43:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 19:20:38 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 19:43:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 23 18:48:21 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 01:59:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 17 12:33:07 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:40:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 15:23:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 15:49:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 09:21:32 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 04:41:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:17:19 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:23:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 16:23:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 14:47:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 25 18:54:45 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 18:57:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:26:50 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 06:48:04 -0800 2009 Hiaasen presents a fun and mysterious adventure of a rare friendship between a freckle faced, shoesless boy named Mullet Fingers and Roy, a sheltered youngster. Both boys share a pas...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:16:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 16:32:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 11 19:09:08 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 19:14:09 -0700 2009 This book is...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 04:06:56 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 23:00:51 -0700 2009
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