num_pages: 272
description: Roy Eberhardt is recently, and unhappily, arrived in Florida. 'Disney World is an armpit compared to Montana,' he announces. Roy's family moves a lot so he's used to the new-kid drill - and to bullies like Dana Matherson. And anyway, it's because of Dana that Roy gets to see the mysterious running boy - who runs away from the school bus and who has no books, no backpack and, most oddly, no shoes. Sensing a mystery Roy starts to trail the runner - a chase that will introduce him to many weird Floridian potty-trained alligators, some cute burrowing owls, a fake-fart champion, a sinister pancake PR man and some snakes with mysteriously sparkly tails.
language: English
title: Hoot
titlecomplete: Hoot
characters: Roy Eberhardt, Mullet Fingers, Beatrice Leep
genres: Fiction, Animals, Mystery, Environment, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 105264
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: Macmillan Children's Books