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This book is a YA novel about a group of unlikely middle school friends in Florida who work together to save owls from a big, bad corporation. It has a strong environmentalist streak, and the writing tends to portray all the adults as bumbling or corrupt, with just a few redeeming moments. Overall I didn‘t love it, I felt like the story could have been neater. But maybe I would appreciate this more if I read it at a younger age!

It is about several children working to protect a colony of burrowing owls from habitat destruction. A proposed construction site threatens the owls' habitat, as the construction company will destroy their woods to make room for Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House.
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Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren‘t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn‘t look out the window of the school bus. He preferred to read comics and mystery books on the morning ride to Trace Middle.
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I enjoyed this book a lot more this time than when I first read it in 8th grade. My only complaint is that it falls into a common middle-grade-novel trope of most of the adults being either too dumb or too evil to function properly.

I love how Hiaasen MG novels are so similar to his adult novels in tone and character development! A pancake restaurant is being built on a site that has several burrowing owl nests on it. A new kid, a burly soccer player, and her Skink-esque stepbrother take on bullies, developers, incompetent but kind police officers and City Hall in this enjoyable romp!

I love when Carl Hiaasen writes about places I've been to! My in laws have a house in Bonita Springs & I just laughed out reading this!

Had a major HOOT of a time (come on, I had to) talking about this Carl Hiaasen Newbery Honor winner with NYT bestsellers Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick on my book podcast! We talk about why Hoot is the perfect book for Gen X, early activism, licorice pancakes, grown-up problems in kid lit, and more. 🦉🥞 Link to listen in my bio!

Guess I‘ll have to come back another day and try again, Roy thought. That‘s what a real Florida boy would do.
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The Newbery Honor and New York Times bestseller book is a RF that would pair best in the classroom with a LC. In a LC, students will go with Roy to help save owls in a Florida community. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/17-18/teaching-with-hoot/ the link provided lesson plans that you can use to teach this book in the LC. #ucflae3414sp21

Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren‘t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn‘t look out the window of the school bus.
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• Middle school kids saving burrowing owls in southern Florida

That‘s what a real Florida boy would do.
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Loved it! Started a tad slow, and I wondered whether it‘d just use goofy Florida stereotypes as a shallow backdrop for a plot that could have been set anywhere, but halfway through, I was 100% sold. The author and I clearly share a love of natural Florida, and it‘s heartening to see that in print. 💖 Amusing characters, great messages, cute owls, and I‘ll be reading Hiaasen again for sure. 😁

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Borrowing this ebook from the library for the “set locally” square of @Honeybeegirl‘s #winterbookbingo challenge. It has burrowing owls in it, so why not? 😁 #bookbingo

It has been years since I‘ve read this book. It was really fun being able to reread this book again. It‘s an enjoyable light read. Definitely a must read for the summer, or anyone trying to distract themselves from the cold weather. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Genre:Mystery/Suspense
Date Started:September 23
Date Completed:October 5
How did you choose this book:I chose this book because I read the summary of it and it hooked me in.
Write a brief summary of the novel: A new kid named Roy moves to Florida and meets a special 2 people that have big plans. Roy and them team up to stop a pancake house to be made because they will build it over top of owl habitat.

The Newbery Honor and New York Times Best Selling Book, Hoot would be perfect for a LC. It's a RF book written by Carl Hiaasen. Roy just moved to Florida from Montana. Roy ends up making a friend called Mullet Fingers who constantly tries to delay the construction of a new pancake house on a site that is home to endangered burrowing owls. Can Roy and his new friends stop the construction completely or will this turn into a disaster? #UCFLAE3414F19

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen is a Newbery award winning RF novel and is perfect for a fourth through sixth grade classroom to be used as a LC, IR, or class read SR. The story is based in Florida and includes the themes of bullying, friendships, and environmentalism and could be used to tie into language arts and science classes! I would use UDL strategies 8.3, 7.2, 4.1 and ESOL strategies 4, 10, 19, and 42. #ucflae3414f19

Pretty sure this giant feather I found on an #audiobookwalk this week belongs to one of these ladies.

#Audiobookwalk in the drizzle. Thankful that the heat has broken, but the humidity is still killing me. The dogs had to wear their jackets because the pit bull is a big baby and hates getting wet. 😄
Sadly, given the book, we did not see any burrowing owls.
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Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren‘t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn‘t look didn‘t look out the window of the school bus.
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📚- Hoot

🎬- The Sword in the Stone (Archimedes)

🎧- Hoot, Girls Generation (though the translation isn't about owls at all!)

#manicmonday @JoScho

Cute read

“He paused and manufactured a chuckle.”

This was my favorite story when I was in elementary school! I felt as though I could relate to the age of these kids and it made the book very enjoyable! I would love to have my students read this fun book!

Contemporary Realistic Fiction Published in 2002
This story is about a new boy, Roy who makes 2 new friends. They all join together to stop the construction for a pancake house on the colony of burrowing owls on site.

New read-aloud for the kids! I don't know much about it, but they love it so far!

Just because something was legal didn‘t automatically make it right.

I‘ve never personally read this book, but I had friends who did and they really loved it. I think it really opened their eyes and made them realize they can make a difference.

This is a good mystery book for anyone who doesn‘t like a book that‘s too intense. It‘s also kind of a feel good, animal activist book. This could inspire kids to stand up for what they care about! (In this case it‘s owls)

🦉Carl Hiaasen‘s John Newbery Award winning book Hoot is a great RF book for upper elementary to beginning middle school classes. While it can be considered a lengthy book, splitting the chapters up by having students in LC or a class wide SR could make the “load” seem easier. It is based in Florida and the story follows themes of growing up, friendship, bullying, and environmentalism. #LAE3414sp19

I loved that this book was set in Florida and the author is from there as well its a fast-paced story a few parts made me laugh and the nature aspect about saving the owls was a really good addition to the story. All the characters were really strong and well rounded, each character had their part to play. This was my first time reading any books by Carl Hiaasen but it won‘t be my last, great story.

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Not yet finished, but already this is one of my favorite middle grade books ever. 😍

I just read Carl Hiassen‘s brother, Rob, was one of the victims in the mass shooting in Annapolis today. He was an editor for the Capital Gazette 😢

Great YA novel about Roy, the new kid, and the colorful middle school classmates he acquires while they try to save the protected burrowing owl families from corporate greed.

By: Carl Hisssen Fiction
Award: Newbery Medal
A setting in Florida! An amazing introduction to children‘s understanding about bullying and how to treat others! This is about a boy who moved to Florida and immediately experienced something very troubling! Some teaching strategies LC! Perfect for group readings and reflections. Also, IR, SR, GR, PR.

This realistic fiction book was the 2003 Newbery honor award, and would be great for IR in the class. The story is about how a newcomer makes some friends and they begin to take a stand against a new construction. A new pancake house is to be built upon the burrows of owls who live there, and they do everything in their power to protect the owls and stop the construction from happening, in both conventional and unconventional ways. #ucflae3414sp18

Just finished reading book with Olive she was so sad when it was over!😢😪😭😞😳

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This is from the Capitol Hill bookstore I used to frequent. Loved the owner.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I‘m not sure about the universe. -Albert Einstein #Hoot #CarlHiaasen #AlbertEinstein #book #books #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite #booknerdy #booknation #booknook #bookmark #nerd #nerdy #bookmarks #bookmarket #bookmoment #bookmoments #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookquirk #bookworm #bookworms #bookwormlife #bookwarm #bookwarmth #epicreads @EpicReads #bookend #bookends 💕💕💕

Roy would not have noticed the strange boy if it weren‘t for Dana Matherson, because Roy ordinarily didn‘t look out the window of the school bus.🦉🐊🐍 #Hoot #CarlHiaasen #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine #bookzone #bookxcess #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcult #bookclub #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookvsmovie #bookvsfilm @veronicabane #bookbag #bookblog #bookblogger #bookbinding