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Hoot
by
Carl Hiaasen
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Carl Hiaasen, bestselling author of Basket Case and other hilarious Floridian capers, serves up a high-spirited fight for the environment in his first work aimed at younger audiences.
The site of Coconut Cove's future Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House is experiencing a slight problem: survey stakes removed, alligators in the port-a-potti...more
Carl Hiaasen, bestselling author of Basket Case and other hilarious Floridian capers, serves up a high-spirited fight for the environment in his first work aimed at younger audiences.
The site of Coconut Cove's future Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House is experiencing a slight problem: survey stakes removed, alligators in the port-a-potti...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
May 11th 2004
by Ember
(first published September 10th 2002)
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I thought I was too old for Hoot's message but Carl Hiassen proved me wrong. Hoot, with it's wonderfully developed array of the most interesting characters I've seen since The Importance of Being Earnest, goes beyond the story of Roy Edberhart (if that's how you spell it), Mullet Fingers, and Beatrice Leep in their struggle against the building of a Mother Paula's Pancake house. Behind it's lighthearted and often joking facade the book is a window into the rapid destruction of Florida wildlife i...more
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The following review is by my son and padawan Liam:
I give HOOT 4 and a half stars. I liked how there was a mysterious running boy called "Mullet Fingers." I liked how Mullet Fingers and Beatrice are related. I likehowRoy tricked Dana into thinking there were cigarettes in a trailer and that he stepped in the mouse traps.
I disliked that the ending kind of left you hanging. I also didn't like that the story is called "Hoot" and you don't figure out the title until the very end.
I would definitely r...more
I give HOOT 4 and a half stars. I liked how there was a mysterious running boy called "Mullet Fingers." I liked how Mullet Fingers and Beatrice are related. I likehowRoy tricked Dana into thinking there were cigarettes in a trailer and that he stepped in the mouse traps.
I disliked that the ending kind of left you hanging. I also didn't like that the story is called "Hoot" and you don't figure out the title until the very end.
I would definitely r...more
Oct 23, 2008
Jorge
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
to everyone who like adventures with suspense like holes
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A barefoot boy called by "Mullet Fingers" does as much as he can to be in decline of the mother Paula Pancake house construction. He knows about some little owls that live there and want them to be safe, since the building will cover their houses. Roy a boy that notices Mullet Fingers running one day in the street, starts getting filled with curiosity all related to the boy. With great imagery, the author clearly describes the child's point of view throughout the whole tail. This story is fille...more
Roy is a new kid in school and is already getting picked on by the school bully,Dana but one day, while having his face mashed against the bus window, he sees a mysterious barefoot boy running away from the bus and school. Roy tracks him down and discovers, among other things that the boy, who calls himself Mullet Fingers, is committing acts of vandalism against a construction site where they plan to build a pancake restaurant on a site where rare and endangered burrowing owls are nesting.
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This book is one of the best books I've read. It is about this kid named Roy who is new to this school and is constantly getting attacked by their schools big bully. One day when he was getting attacked he spotted this weird running boy who he started chasing after and found out he was called "mullet finger" Following Mullet finger and from Dana, the school bullies attacks Roy also met this girl named beatrice who is Mullet Fingers stepsister and stronger then Dana which can help roy fend him of...more
i love this book, great 4 envirnment crazy ppl like me!
This book just kind of fell into my lap when a friend of mine gave it to me with a bunch of other books she was leaving behind as she was moving. All she told me was that it was cute, and as I do enjoy YA literature I thought I'd give it a try when I had a free evening. I was surprised to find it quite an engaging read. The plot was clever, the main characters believable, and I very much appreciated the message taught in the book...not so much the environmental message, which was fine, but the m...more
Oct 29, 2011
Tatiana
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
children in grades 5-7
Shelves:
childrens-chapter-books
Arguably, the best part of Hoot was that I read it in conjunction with my fifth-grade observation classroom. It was the focus of their first novel study of the school year. I enjoyed jumping into chapters with them each week, and it was interesting to see where in the narrative the teacher would pause and draw attention. I particularly adored when we did EEKK, so I could hear the young voices of the characters read by authentic young voices.
Hoot in itself was a solid book for the grade-level (5...more
Hoot in itself was a solid book for the grade-level (5...more
Feb 13, 2008
Michael
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
mysterious people
the book is a really good book for people who like to read about other people and what they go through their problems and what every happens to them throughout the book he learns new things abot the new school. what i didnt like was that at the end there was a very bad part or section that gave the next book a bad beginning it spoiled the next book.above all it did meet my expectations my expectations are a good beginning and a good ending but the ending wasnt all that great to me. my favorite p...more
Roy is the type of kid who likes to stay out of trouble. But from this book i realized that sometimes doing that just does not make a fulfilling life. And in the rare case of this book he stopped trouble. But another good lesson to be learned is to always have friends. Who knows what would of happened if Dana had done what he wanted to do in that closet? Would that have been the end of the book? But a friend was there to save him. The third and final lesson i learned is to stand up in what you b...more
This book shows care towards owls
Adolescent Literature
Good! Middle school kids save burrowing owls in Florida.
Very appropriate for middle school kids
Good! Middle school kids save burrowing owls in Florida.
Very appropriate for middle school kids
Jan 22, 2013
Kelly
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Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen is a coming of age narrative about Roy, a boy who has just moved to a seemingly quiet Florida neighborhood. It follows Roy as he is both bullied and befriended in his new school, and as he sets off on an adventure to do what is right – even if it’s not popular. The novel brings up many topics relevant to middle and early high school students, such as environmental issues, hard family issues, bullying, and friendship. As the narrative follows Roy, it also follows a construct...more
This book was probably one of the best books I have ever read. I think it was amazing, wonderful and totally awsome. I could not believe how this kid (Roy) went through getting bullied and committed the biggest scene heard around town for a while! Now this book would probably be a realistic fiction book, but some parts in the book are a little unbelievable. I really think this book has its ups because there were hardly any bad sides to the story. My opinion is its up sides to the book are the ad...more
A young adolescent boy named Roy Eberhardt moves from Montana to Coconut Cove, Florida, not wanting to leave his home in back in Montana. Roy goes through all kinds of hardships including the school bully, Dana Matherson. One day on the bus, he sees a kid running in bare feet and frantically wants to step out of the bus, but he can’t because Dana is choking Roy so he punches Dana in the nose and breaks his nose. Now Dana has a grudge for Roy. He meets Mullet Fingers and the kid doesn’t want him...more
May 18, 2013
Alex Jurado
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
4th-quarter-reading-list
I chose this book because I was in the Wilson library just looking for a book, and stumbled over this book. The plot of this book is about Roy Eberhardt moving to a new school in Florida and sees a boy running along side the school bus. He finds out that the boy is named Mullet Fingers and is trying to prevent a pancake house from building a new location. Roy finds out that Mullet Fingers is actually trying to save the endangered burrowing owls that live on site. My favorite qoute would be “Some...more
Title:Hoot
By: Carl Hiaasen
Genre: Realistic fiction
Hoot was published in 2002 and won a Newbery Honor award in 2003; it was later turned in to a movie in 2006. Carl Hiaasen started out as an investigative reporter then he began to write novels. He started out with adult fiction then later started to write children's novels. He is best known for writing Hoot and being the one who discovered Christopher Paolini the author of the book series Eragon. Hoot is about the new kid in town Roy Eberhardt a...more
By: Carl Hiaasen
Genre: Realistic fiction
Hoot was published in 2002 and won a Newbery Honor award in 2003; it was later turned in to a movie in 2006. Carl Hiaasen started out as an investigative reporter then he began to write novels. He started out with adult fiction then later started to write children's novels. He is best known for writing Hoot and being the one who discovered Christopher Paolini the author of the book series Eragon. Hoot is about the new kid in town Roy Eberhardt a...more
I decided to read this book because it has always looked interesting to me and I never actually saw the movie. Usually, after I've seen the movie, it is hard for me to read the book afterwards. I was really impressed with this book overall. My favorite part of the book was the character development. I really felt for Roy as he went through his adolescent years being bullied and having a hard time finding his way. I also developed a strong understanding of both Beatrice and "Mullet Fingers".
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Roy Eberhardt hates Florida. He wishes his family had never left Montana, but his father's job has them constantly on the move. As the new kid in school, Roy finds himself the target of Dana Matherson, a big, dumb bully who picks on Roy every chance he gets, especially on the bus. Roy's curiosity leads to an odd friendship with Beatrice Leep, the school female jock. Roy's new friendship with Beatrice introduces him to "Mullet Fingers", Beatric...more
Roy Eberhardt hates Florida. He wishes his family had never left Montana, but his father's job has them constantly on the move. As the new kid in school, Roy finds himself the target of Dana Matherson, a big, dumb bully who picks on Roy every chance he gets, especially on the bus. Roy's curiosity leads to an odd friendship with Beatrice Leep, the school female jock. Roy's new friendship with Beatrice introduces him to "Mullet Fingers", Beatric...more
I really like this book. I chose to read it for a reading assignment where I had to read a book that had a movie from it and watch the movie too. So if you like the book, you should check out the movie too.
Hoot was full of humor, wit, and admirable courage. This story is about three 7th graders, the main character being a boy named Roy who is the 'new kid' in Coconut Cove, Florida. After curiously following a barefoot, running boy, he finds himself in a situation he never would've imagined in...more
Hoot was full of humor, wit, and admirable courage. This story is about three 7th graders, the main character being a boy named Roy who is the 'new kid' in Coconut Cove, Florida. After curiously following a barefoot, running boy, he finds himself in a situation he never would've imagined in...more
The story of Hoot is one that tells the story of middle school aged boy named Roy. Roy’s father works for the government and has forced his family to move from state to sate. After their sixth move, Roy has ended up in Coconut Cove, Florida. This is an extreme difference from his last home in Montana. As Roy adjusts to life of Florida, he must also struggle to fit in as the “new kid” in school. One day Roy notices a “wild” boy running past the bus stop. Little does Roy know that this young man w...more
I really enjoyed the novel Hoot, written by Carl Hiaasen due to the determination and the overcoming seen throughout the entire story. Roy is just a kid trying to adjust to his surroundings as he grows up. There is one person in his way, the local bully Dana Matherson. Dana is pretty much a regular scum; he bullies other kids and makes theirs lives tougher than they need to be.
The basis of the story starts out with Dana bullying Roy on the bus when Roy, pushed up against the window, notices a bo...more
The basis of the story starts out with Dana bullying Roy on the bus when Roy, pushed up against the window, notices a bo...more
This book was quite amazing. Through rising action and comedy Hiaasen choses a great balence between those two elements. I recomend for all young reader to read this book in at least third grade. There are some cuss words but besides that this book is a masterpiece. i myself enjoyed this book as much as any other book. This is the first in the sires and people who like mystery and adventure should read this book.
Hoot is about this boy named Roy and he just moved to Florida from Montana. He meet...more
Hoot is about this boy named Roy and he just moved to Florida from Montana. He meet...more
A boy named Roy is the new kid in school after he moved to Florida and is already getting picked on by the school bully, Dana. One day while Dana is pushing Roy's face against the window in the school bus, he sees a mysterious barefooted boy running really fast away from the bus and school, this happens a few times. One day Roy tracks him down (he calls himself Mullet fingers) seeing him vandalize a construction site where they plan to build a pancake restaurant on a site where rare and endanger...more
I'll admit, I started the book expecting it to be another 'the environment is good and humans are the devil' story. After reading 'Hoot,' I would say that it does fall into the typical environmental story. But I would argue that it does have some qualities other stories of the same genre lack.
The main characters are basic: the new boy who gets involved in the protection of owls, the athletic girl who can beat up people twice her size, and the nature boy who connects with animals better than pe...more
The main characters are basic: the new boy who gets involved in the protection of owls, the athletic girl who can beat up people twice her size, and the nature boy who connects with animals better than pe...more
The story "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen is a very unique tale about a boy named Roy that is determined to protect a group of birds along with his friends. As silly as that sounds, that's the basic premise of this story. There's a flock of endangered owls that are going to have to leave their habitat because some rich guy named Chuck Muckle is planning on building a restaurant in that area. Now, me being a guy that reads action-adventure stories, it took me a while to get adjusted to this novel. It star...more
Recently, I have read the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. The genre is realistic fiction. This is a very well written book that can by read by readers of all ages, and was later turned into a major motion picture.
Roy Eberhardt is a middle school student who has just moved from his peaceful town in Montana to a town in Florida. At first, Roy is not having very much success in his new town. He is being bullied and clobbered every day on the bus by a boy named Dana Matherson, a notorious bully in Roy'...more
Roy Eberhardt is a middle school student who has just moved from his peaceful town in Montana to a town in Florida. At first, Roy is not having very much success in his new town. He is being bullied and clobbered every day on the bus by a boy named Dana Matherson, a notorious bully in Roy'...more
This book is a really fun and short read- about a boy, Roy Eberhardt, who like any average teenager, gets bullied. One day, the school bus bully, Dana Matherson, as usual, mushes Roy's face into the bus window. Usually, Roy wouldn't really care about what's outside, but this time, Roy was almost thankful for Dana- that very day, he spotted a young teenage boy running. So what? It's really nothing special- a young teenage boy, running in his bare feet, faster than the school bus itself- wait, wha...more
Hoot was just as good this time reading it as it was years ago when I initially read it. Roy, the main character who is also the new kid in the school, gets on wrong side of the big school bully. One day when Roy is getting his face smashed, he notices a strange boy running away from the bus with no shoes. Roy decides to find out where the boy was running and why. The strange running boy, "Mullet Fingers", his sister Beatrice the "Bear", and Roy all become friends. Together they plan to save the...more
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| hiya!!! | 18 | 33 | Oct 06, 2012 11:22am |
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his family. After graduating from the University of Florida, he began writing for the Miami Herald. As a journalist and author, Carl has spend most of his life advocating the protection of the Florida Everglades. He and his family still live southern Florida.
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“Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.”
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“Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.”
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