Hoot by Hiaasen, Carl

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!

Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/10/2002
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.86w x 1.01d
ISBN: 9780375821813
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 61464 / Hoot

Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Archer Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2002 pg. 58
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2002 pg. 1032
School Library Journal 08/01/2002 pg. 188
People Weekly 09/16/2002 pg. 45
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2002 pg. 279
Booklist 10/15/2002 pg. 405
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2002 pg. 759
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2002 pg. 111
New York Times 11/17/2002 pg. 27
Booklist 11/15/2002 pg. 592
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2003 pg. 1296
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1309
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 95 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 95 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He writes a column for the Miami Herald and is the author of many bestselling novels including Bad Monkey, Razor Girl, and Squeeze Me.

His books for younger readers include the Newbery Honor winner Hoot, as well as Flush, Scat, Squirm, and Chomp. Skink--No Surrender was Hiaasen's first book for teens and features one of his most iconic characters, the reclusive ex-governor of Florida now known as Skink.

You can read more about Hiaasen's work at carlhiaasen.com.