num_pages: 7
description: Unfortunately, Roy’s first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn’t been sinking his thumbs into Roy’s temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and–here’s the odd part–wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy’s trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails.Roy has most definitely arrived in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida.
language: English
title: Hoot
titlecomplete: Hoot
characters: Beatrice Leep, Mullet Fingers, Roy Eberhardt
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Humor, Contemporary, Environment, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Animals, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 105259
places: Florida, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Childrens Young Adult, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Listening Library (Audio)