Name: Hoot
ISBN: 9780375829161

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Wildly Wry Stakes

Endangered owls, pancake plans, and unruly Florida wildlife make for a playful, offbeat read.

Come here for

A comic clash between a restaurant project and an owl colony
Wild creatures and wilder people, with environmental stakes

Expect

A sustained, playful story with a mischievous edge
A tangle of new-kid trouble, pranks, and poisonous snakes

Book Details

Authors: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: May 11, 2004
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Bird Stories · Zoo Stories
Reading lane: Bird Stories

Affinity

Publisher Categories

Funny YA
YA Mysteries
Environmental YA

About This Book

This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes. A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the...

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This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes. A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls' fate cemented in pancake batter? Welcome to Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!