Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
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Book Reviews of Hoot
Book Review: A Hoot of a read
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm happy to report that HOOT is funny, well written, and enjoyable, book. The plot has Roy Eberhardt, an intelligent, adventurous middle-school student who has just moved to Florida from Montana. He misses the mountains and wilderness of Montana. As a kid who has moved a lot, he's not surprised to be a victim of bully named Dana Matherson. While being strangled by Dana on the school bus, Roy spies a kid running along the sidewalk, a kid with no backpack and no shoes. Suspicious, he sets out to find him and gets involved in the strange kid's crazy and dangerous tactics to save a particular street corner from its fate as the future site of another Mother Paula's All-American Pancake. The adults seem to be ignoring the burrows of tiny owls that will be buried by the bulldozing equipment any day now. Roy's parents explain that it surely is a shame about the owls, but the company must have filed all of the papers and received all of the necessary permits. But Roy and his new friends, Mullet Fingers, the outlaw boy, and Beatrice, his tough, soccer playing stepsister, are not about to take the destruction of the owls' burrows. Along the way they avoid Officer Delinko, the ambitious cop who tries to protect the site, and Curly, the foreman who's responsible for getting the job started.
Book Review: If you're a fan of fantasy epics, skip Hoot
Summary: 2 Stars
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen, takes place in Florida, probably in the 21st century. It follows the story of Roy Eberhardt, a new kid from Montana, as he tries to unravel the story of the "running boy," the protector of the burrowing owls. The burrowing owls will be heartlessly slaughtered if the running boy fails to stop Mother Paula's Pancake House from building a restaurant over their dens. To help protect the owls the running boy does things like putting alligators in the construction site traveling johnnies and removing the seats from the earth movers.
Overall this book was, in my opinion, a flop. Not only did it lack an intricate story that was challenging to read, but I didn't like the way it showed teens in average everyday life. If I want to know the habits of teens I can just look around me. Also, I found grammatical errors aplenty, as well as places elaboration of the story could have been made. For example, the book doesn't say what Mullet Fingers did after he escaped from juvenile detention. I'll admit I don't like realistic fiction, but for other reasons I didn't really like the book Hoot.
Book Review: A great book. I do not know how to put it otherwise
Summary: 5 Stars
The book Hoot is one of my favorite books. The main characters of the book are: Beatrice Leep, a mystery boy (I can't tell you his name because his name is revealed in the middle of the story), Roy Eberhardt, Curly, and Officer Delinko. This book is from two different perspectives. One is from Roy and the other is from Officer Delinko. This book is intriguing because you have to read one chapter from one perspective. And the next is from another. So, you will have to read the chapter in between, then you will want to continue that chapter and then you'll be excited because you can continue the chapter before then. That is what I like about this book. It all started out when Roy had his face was pushed into the bus window by the bully. He saw a boy that was running away from the school. He was curious. At almost the same time, Delinko and Curly had a problem. All of the construction stakes were pulled out of the Mother Paula's Pancake House construction site! Curly was furious but Delinko and Roy were curious. Does the mystery boy have something to do with the dillema? Read the book to find out!Book Review: Hoot Rocks!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book review of Hoot by: Carl Hiaasen
This book is meant for kids or adults that care for the wild. This book is about saving owls from the Mother Paula Pancake House construction site and standing up to a school bully.
The theme is courage to stand up to a school bully and save the owls. I also think it deals with friendship because one character makes new friends.
The characters are Roy Eberhardt who has moved from place to place; Dana Matherson the school bully; Beatrice Leep a soccer player with a bad attitude; and Mullet fingers Beatrice's brother. Dana and Beatrice are mean to Roy. If Dana had not shoved Roy's face up against the window Roy would not have seen the running boy (Mullet Fingers).
The setting is in Coconut Cove, Florida. Why I think this is the setting is because that is what Roy had said. The book also takes place at the construction site and school building
Will Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers be caught? Will they save the owls? Is Roy going to be beaten up by Dana? Only way to find out is by reading the book.
Book Review: Hoot Rocks!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book review of Hoot by: Carl Hiaasen
This book is meant for kids or adults that care for the wild. This book is about saving owls from the Mother Paula Pancake House construction site and standing up to a school bully.
The theme is courage to stand up to a school bully and save the owls. I also think it deals with friendship because one character makes new friends.
The characters are Roy Eberhardt who has moved from place to place; Dana Matherson the school bully; Beatrice Leep a soccer player with a bad attitude; and Mullet fingers Beatrice's brother. Dana and Beatrice are mean to Roy. If Dana had not shoved Roy's face up against the window Roy would not have seen the running boy (Mullet Fingers).
The setting is in Coconut Cove, Florida. Why I think this is the setting is because that is what Roy had said. The book also takes place at the construction site and school building
Will Roy, Beatrice, and Mullet Fingers be caught? Will they save the owls? Is Roy going to be beaten up by Dana? Only way to find out is by reading the book.