Hoot

My 12 year old nephew read the novel first and he thoroughly enjoyed the novel. Then he asked me to read it. I have to say at first I was skeptical, but I value Carl Hiaasen commitment to the environmental efforts in Florida. Development along our coastal shores has often been allowed to flourish without restraints, allowing degradation of our already fragile ecology. Hiaasen in his own small way is trying to preserve that wonderful state of Florida for future generations of people and of course the owl. So, to honor my nephew's request and Hiaasen's nature role, I read it over the course of the next two days. Overall, I thought the novel was an excellent read, of course not on an adult level but it still kept my interest as I followed Roy, the boy from Montana as he discovers the vast beauty of Florida and also the invasion of those nasty developers. No need at this point to recap the story again. It's a super book for adults and young adults and worthy of your attention.

My 9 year old loved Hoot, so we read it with him and loved it too. Definitely juvenile lit, it still transcends the often limited realm of childrens' book plots with an intense, real-world scenario to teach activism, a heart of compassion and the daily challenges of making good decisions. Hoot is great for nature-lovers and provokes the reader to view themselves as perpetrator or savior with the habitat-loss in their very own communities.

I absoluteley love this book it can get dull in some parts but it is a great book. i think it is very passionit that the kids put thereselves in so much danger and trouble and are willing to risk it all just to save a very tiney and sweet creature.I was happy to know that they end up saving the owls.