This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes.

A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME

Everybody loves Mother Paula’s pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls’ fate cemented in pancake batter?

Welcome to Carl Hiaasen’s Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!

“It seems unlikely that the master of noir-tinged, surrealistic black humor would write a novel for young readers. And yet, there has always been something delightfully juvenile about Hiaasen’s imagination; beneath the bent cynicism lurks a distinctly 12-year-old cackle. In this thoroughly engaging tale of how middle schooler Roy Eberhardt, new kid in Coconut Cove, learns to love South Florida, Hiaasen lets his inner kid run rampant, both the subversive side that loves to see grown-ups make fools of themselves and the righteously indignant side, appalled at the mess being made of our planet. The story is full of offbeat humor, buffoonish yet charming supporting characters, and genuinely touching scenes of children enjoying the wildness of nature. He deserves a warm welcome into children’s publishing.”—Booklist

“A wonderful tour-de-force.”—The Boston Globe

“A rollicking, righteous story.”—The Miami Herald

“You don’t have to be a young adult to enjoy it.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Yes, it is a hoot.”—The Washington Post Book World

WINNER 2003 ALA Best Books for Young Adults

WINNER 2003 ALA Notable Children’s Book

WINNER 2006 Connecticut Nutmeg Children’s Book Award

WINNER 2005 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award

WINNER 2005 Iowa Teen Book Award

WINNER 2004 Kentucky Bluegrass Master List

WINNER 2003 Maine Student Book Master List

WINNER 2005 Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award

WINNER 2003 Newbery Honor Book

WINNER 2003 Pennsylvania Keystone State Reading Association Book Award

WINNER 2003 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award

WINNER 2003 Texas Lone Star Reading List

NOMINEE 2005 Arizona Young Readers Award

NOMINEE 2005 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award

NOMINEE 2003 Florida Sunshine State Book Award

NOMINEE 2005 Hawaii Nene Award

FINALIST 2004 Massachusetts Children’s Book Award

ISBN9780440419396

Published onDec 27, 2005

Published byYearling

Pages320

Dimensions5-3/16 x 7-5/8

Age Range10 and up

GradeGrade 5 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 760L | Fountas/Pinnell: W

ISBN9780375829161

Published onMay 11, 2004

Published byEmber

Pages320

Dimensions5-3/16 x 8

Age Range10 and up

GradeGrade 5 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 760L | Fountas/Pinnell: W

ISBN9780375821813

Published onSep 10, 2002

Published byKnopf Books for Young Readers

Pages304

Dimensions5-1/2 x 8-1/4

Age Range12 and up

GradeGrade 7 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 760L | Fountas/Pinnell: W

ISBN9780375890277

Published onSep 10, 2002

Published byKnopf Books for Young Readers

Pages312

Age Range10 and up

GradeGrade 5 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 760L | Fountas/Pinnell: W

ISBN9780807209240

Published onSep 10, 2002

Published byListening Library

Length6 Hours 25 Minutes

Age Range10 and up

GradeGrade 5 & Up

Reading LevelFountas/Pinnell: W

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