num_pages: 304
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 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.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Hoot
titlecomplete: Hoot
characters: Beatrice Leep, Roy Eberhardt, Mullet Fingers
genres: Middle Grade, Animals, Young Adult, Childrens, Humor, Environment, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 105272
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: Knopf Books for Young Readers