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 R...
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Aug 01, 2011
Gorfo
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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 in the rapid destruction of Florida wildlife in o
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Oct 23, 2008
Jorge
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Dec 18, 2008
Marielle
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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. Thi
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Nov 03, 2008
Cui
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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 f
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Apr 13, 2008
Madi
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i love this book, great 4 envirnment crazy ppl like me!
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Sep 08, 2008
Karene
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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 th
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Feb 13, 2008
Michael
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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
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Dec 13, 2009
John
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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
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Mar 09, 2009
Gabriel
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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
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Jan 25, 2012
Ryan
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Hoot is of course a very classic book and every one has either read or same the movie when it came it.The book is by a man named Carl Hiaasen and is about a young boy named Roy Eberhardt when he moves from Montana to Coconut Cove, Floridia. Roy goes through all kinds of shit including the school bully. One day on the bus, he sees a kid running in bare feet and wants to stop the bus, but he can’t because Dana the bully is choking Roy while hes trying to keep track with the bear feet boy. Roy so
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Dec 08, 2011
Ashley
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1. Realistic Fiction
2. Roy has lived almost everywhere so Florida doesn't surprise him much. Until he see's a running boy...with no shoes, no backpack, no books. Soon Roy finds that Florida is a much more different place then he ever could have imagined and is soon face to face with all kinds of strange and mysterious creatures, potty-trained alligators for one. In the end, it all comes down to a choice between pancakes and owls, but which will the Floridian people chose?
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2. Roy has lived almost everywhere so Florida doesn't surprise him much. Until he see's a running boy...with no shoes, no backpack, no books. Soon Roy finds that Florida is a much more different place then he ever could have imagined and is soon face to face with all kinds of strange and mysterious creatures, potty-trained alligators for one. In the end, it all comes down to a choice between pancakes and owls, but which will the Floridian people chose?
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Oct 04, 2011
Molly
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I heard this book was going to be a good read, but I am very disappointed. I finished it over the 4 day break and I could not wait to finish it because I was not enjoying it! The rising action of the story was way too long and I was pretty bored. I would NOT recommend to anyone who likes to read fast, or likes to figure out books quickly. I think this book had a good message about standing up for what you believe in, and I think that's important. However, I really wish it was not so annoying to
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Apr 13, 2011
Charles
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“Hoot” by Carl Hiaasen is a John Newberry Silver Medal Winner and a hoot to read. A young boy, Roy Eberhard, is the new kid in town. He just moved from the cold mountains of Montana to Coconut Grove Florida, my home town. He misses his home and friends and when he is going to school on the school bus has a run in with the school bully, Dan Matherson. Here is where the adventure begins, while his face is smashed up against the window, he sees a boy running down the sidewalk barefoot. He soon disc
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Jan 12, 2011
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Jan 10, 2011
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Kay and Debbie - 5 stars
Who gives a hoot if a pancake house will be built on some empty lot next to a neighborhood? Will it be Roy, a middle schooler new to his community, or the variety of other characters who all add up to making this a funny, mysterious, and enlightening story about making friends, llying, obeying rules, runaway teens, and even movie stars.
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Kay and Debbie - 5 stars
Who gives a hoot if a pancake house will be built on some empty lot next to a neighborhood? Will it be Roy, a middle schooler new to his community, or the variety of other characters who all add up to making this a funny, mysterious, and enlightening story about making friends, llying, obeying rules, runaway teens, and even movie stars.
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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I have heard that Hiaasen is a great mystery/humor writer and was eager to read one of his books. I picked up "Hoot" because it looked good and, guess what, it was really really good.
Roy has just moved to Florida from Montana, he is the new kid at school...again. He's used to it though, he moves around a lot. Then on the bus he sees a boy running without shoes and senses a mystery to be solved. Thus starts a story about mysteries, practical jokes, outwitting bullies, and savi More...
Roy has just moved to Florida from Montana, he is the new kid at school...again. He's used to it though, he moves around a lot. Then on the bus he sees a boy running without shoes and senses a mystery to be solved. Thus starts a story about mysteries, practical jokes, outwitting bullies, and savi More...
Dec 29, 2010
Kate
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In Carl Hiassen’s Hoot, a young protagonist, Roy, defeats an unethical pancake company with the help of two unlikely friends. At the beginning of the novel, Roy, who has just moved from Montana (one of six moves since he started school) for his Dad’s job, is being taunted and assaulted by the school bully, Dana Matherson. After seeing a barefoot boy running past the school bus, Roy begins an investigative journey which leads to a blossoming friendship with female “tough gal More...
In Carl Hiassen’s Hoot, a young protagonist, Roy, defeats an unethical pancake company with the help of two unlikely friends. At the beginning of the novel, Roy, who has just moved from Montana (one of six moves since he started school) for his Dad’s job, is being taunted and assaulted by the school bully, Dana Matherson. After seeing a barefoot boy running past the school bus, Roy begins an investigative journey which leads to a blossoming friendship with female “tough gal More...
Dec 20, 2010
Kerry
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I'm Glad my nephew gave me a Hoot!
My 12 year old nephew read the novel first and he thoroughly enjoyed the novel. Then he asked me to read it. I have to say at first I was skeptical, but I value Carl Hiaasen commitment to the environmental efforts in Florida. Development along our coastal shores has often been allowed to flourish without restraints, allowing degradation of our already fragile ecology.
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My 12 year old nephew read the novel first and he thoroughly enjoyed the novel. Then he asked me to read it. I have to say at first I was skeptical, but I value Carl Hiaasen commitment to the environmental efforts in Florida. Development along our coastal shores has often been allowed to flourish without restraints, allowing degradation of our already fragile ecology.
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Nov 14, 2010
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Oct 26, 2010
The Rusty Key
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Reviewed by Rusty Key Writer: Jordan B. Nielsen
Recommended for: Boys! Hurrah, hurrah! A book for boys! Aged 10 and Up.
One Word Summary: Earnest
It’s been said before: but there simply aren’t enough books written for boys. Is it because middle grade boys just don’t read? Or do middle grade boys just not read because there are no books for them? Whichever came first in that ‘Chicken or the Egg’ quandary, the deficit in quality literature for adolescent males makes More...
Recommended for: Boys! Hurrah, hurrah! A book for boys! Aged 10 and Up.
One Word Summary: Earnest
It’s been said before: but there simply aren’t enough books written for boys. Is it because middle grade boys just don’t read? Or do middle grade boys just not read because there are no books for them? Whichever came first in that ‘Chicken or the Egg’ quandary, the deficit in quality literature for adolescent males makes More...
Sep 23, 2010
Alicia
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I was recently reading the novel "Hoot"-it was amazing and suspenseful. Hoot, which was written by Carl Hiaasen, takes place in Florida. It is where the ground is flat with no mountains, like in Montana. Which Roy, the main character, is not used to. Roy had recently moved to Florida. New school, new kids, and of course new bullies. Everyday Roy faces harassment on the bus, but no for long. Roy finally gets his turn to fight back. On that day he saw a mystery boy and took off after him
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Feb 15, 2010
Barky
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Nov 01, 2009
Camille
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Hoot by Carl Hiaasen is about a boy who's name is Roy Eberhart and who recently moved from Montana to Florida because his father works in the government so Roy is used to moving a lot. On the way to school, Roy is usually getting bullied in the bus by Dana. Then Roy sees a barefooted boy and Roy follows him into a golf course but stops. Then he meets a soccer girl named Beatrice Leep who happens to be the barefooted boy's sister. The barefooted boy's nickname is Mullet Fingers because he can cat
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Apr 24, 2009
Lindsey
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The story of Hoot takes place in Coconut Cove, Florida on Monday morning as Roy Eberhardt a new student at Trace Middle School is picked on by the largly built bully named Dana Matherson while he rides the bus to school. As Dana is pushing Roy's head up against the window of the bus he notices of blonde haired, tanned boy running along the sidewalk next to the bus. The only thing unussual is this particular boy is not wearing shoes nor does he carry school books or a backpack. The boy soon disa
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Apr 17, 2009
Abigail
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This is a very funny, well written, and enjoyable book. The plot revolves around Roy Eberhardt, an intelligent, resourceful middle-school student who has just moved to Florida from Montana. He misses the mountains and wilderness of Montana and as a kid who had moved a lot, he was not surprised to be the victim of bully Dana Matherson. While being pummeled by Dana on the school bus, Roy spies a kid running along the sidewalk, a kid with no backpack and no shoes. Intrigued, he sets out to find him
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Jul 25, 2011
Josiah
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I can definitely see how Hoot would have caught the attention of the Newbery Committee for 2003. The book presents several attributes that would have stood out as different and unusual compared to most of its peers. For one, the narrative is told by way of omniscient third-person voice, a rarity among books for younger readers. Because of the omniscient voice, the thread of the story jumps around from person to person and reveals some important backstory to the reader that couldn't otherwise
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Nov 02, 2010
Sandy
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This more modern book (published 2002) deals with a middle school age boy who has relocated to a new city with his parents and finds himself the victim of the school bully. Although he suffers much at the hands of the bully, he has inner strength and determination that he can resolve the situation. Along the way he befriends two others--first a girl, then a boy to whom some mystery is associated. Turns out that the boy is unwanted by his mother and has run away from the boarding school where he
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Nov 04, 2009
Liana
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This book is about a boy named Roy who moves to Florida and is in a new school and is already getting bullied. One day he see's a barefoot kid running and he tries to follow him, but the kid is to fast. He meets a girl named Beatrice. Roy finds out that Beatrice is the barefoot kids sister. The barefoot kid is called Mullet Fingers. These three kids try to help the owl's habitat from being destroyed by a pancake house being placed on top of their habitat. There kids are willing to do anything to
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Dec 21, 2011
Emily
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Full of humor, unexpected twists and slightly bumbling adults, Hiaasen’s first novel for children has definite appeal to a young audience. Roy, whose parents move frequently due to his father’s job and who is immediately targeted by the school bully, is a likeable character who readers can easily identify with as he sets about on his quest to discover the identity of the mysterious Mullet Fingers and solve the mystery of the vandalism at the building site of the new Mother Paula’s Pancake House
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