| Hoot | 
 enlarge | Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Yearling
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 191662
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.9 x 1
ISBN: 0440419395
EAN: 9780440419396
ASIN: 0440419395
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
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 Great detective story June 11, 2004
In reading the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, I have come to the opinion that the author wrote this book as a mystery novel to show what the job of a detective is like. In the setting of this book there is supposedly a group of vandals some where in the neighborhood. In front of the Mother Paula's stake house, stakes were torn out of the ground, and large sized alligators were put in the guest latrines, leaving it up to officer Delinko to solve. I think the plot of this book shows a great example of this with an outstanding scenario and never ending amounts of suspense.
Hoot...An okay book May 29, 2004
This book was very logical and believable. This is probably a book for someone who doesn't like fantasy. And boys would LOVE this book, as well. I personally didn't like how adults played a big role in this book. Most kids like books without too many adults in them. Some of the characters were a bit weak, but this book was very well written.
Hoot May 28, 2004
I really liked this book it was funny and interesting. My favorite part was the end when Roy's dad help him by getting the documents of the inspection of the lot where Mother Paula's Pancake house was going to be. They were going to build on a place where burrowing owls lived.They were going to take there homes. Roy's dad helped him by getting those document and the were busted. They had bribed the mayor to let them make pancake house there. I liked this book it was good and it took place right here in Florida. Thanks for writing such good book.
 monicas review for the book! May 20, 2004
dear carl hiaasen, my names monica hernandez and im writting to you to tell you how much i enjoyed your book. There was alot of excitment. And also alot of mystery and its was comical. I havent read a book like that that was so good in a long time!also I am very amazed how some body can add all those details in a story like that. I will also like to thank you for making such a good book for us to read thank you.
Incredible by Yury Serna May 19, 2004
The book was fantastic, the book is full of small, cunning mysteries. The book is extremely hilarious. Like, for example the alligators in the porta-potties, for "Curly" it wasn't funny at all but for me and the rest of my 6th grade Language Arts class it was very funny.Mother Paula's All-American pancake house is full of incredibly histerical chracters, like "Curly" who killed a rat in his bathroom thinking it was a cotton mouth mocassin. Then he put rat traps to trap any more rats.
However, this book is also caring for the environment and its living things in it.Like the most important subjects of the story are Burrowing Owls who are almost killed by the building of Mother Paula's. Fortunately they are saved by Roy Eberhardt,Beatrice, "mullet Fingers", etc.
My favorite chapter is Ch.20, when one of the owls finally give proof that the holes everybody thought were abandonrd years ago, wasn't true. "Mullet Fingers" is in one of the holes and a Burrowing Owl flies in the air, and lands on top of his head it is just incredible, I believe it left the whole audience with their mouth open.Even though the book doesn't describe their faces I could picture an image of Chuck.E Muckle all with hatred inside. All I have to say is that I would love to read what is next in Mr.Hiaasen's mind, which I bet is always full of ideas.
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