It’s all here - corporate greed and corruption, environmental destruction, teenage malaise, boneheaded bullies, and ecoterrorism.Īt its core, Hoot is a story about middle school students standing up for what they believe in. The story’s young heroes - Roy, Beatrice, and Beatrice’s step-brother, a homeless boy known as “Mullet Fingers” - work together to stop the construction and save the owls.Ĭombining all the hallmarks of modern society together with elegance and humor, Hiaasen’s book is a masterpiece that keeps readers in suspense to the end. A popular pancake chain is preparing to break ground and start building its 469th restaurant on that very spot in Coconut Cove, Florida. The story centers around the burrowing owl, an endangered species that happens to live on a plot of land that’s soon to become a construction site. It’s a hilarious coming of age story, and a rollercoaster of a ride that readers won’t soon forget. “Build your wings on the way down.” That bold advice could serve as an apt metaphor for Hoot ( public library), Carl Hiaasen’s novel for young adults. “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off,” Ray Bradbury once said in an interview. |1 .An unforgettable story about pursuing justice with reckless abandon in the face of overwhelming odds. |a Environmental protection |0 |v Juvenile fiction. |a Burrowing owl |0 |v Juvenile fiction. |a Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site. |a Original publication and copyright date: 2002.
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