Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hoot
Book Review: A Hoot of a read
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm happy to report that HOOT is funny, well written, and enjoyable, book. The plot has Roy Eberhardt, an intelligent, adventurous middle-school student who has just moved to Florida from Montana. He misses the mountains and wilderness of Montana. As a kid who has moved a lot, he's not surprised to be a victim of bully named Dana Matherson. While being strangled by Dana on the school bus, Roy spies a kid running along the sidewalk, a kid with no backpack and no shoes. Suspicious, he sets out to find him and gets involved in the strange kid's crazy and dangerous tactics to save a particular street corner from its fate as the future site of another Mother Paula's All-American Pancake. The adults seem to be ignoring the burrows of tiny owls that will be buried by the bulldozing equipment any day now. Roy's parents explain that it surely is a shame about the owls, but the company must have filed all of the papers and received all of the necessary permits. But Roy and his new friends, Mullet Fingers, the outlaw boy, and Beatrice, his tough, soccer playing stepsister, are not about to take the destruction of the owls' burrows. Along the way they avoid Officer Delinko, the ambitious cop who tries to protect the site, and Curly, the foreman who's responsible for getting the job started.
Book Review: A great book. I do not know how to put it otherwise
Summary: 5 Stars
The book Hoot is one of my favorite books. The main characters of the book are: Beatrice Leep, a mystery boy (I can't tell you his name because his name is revealed in the middle of the story), Roy Eberhardt, Curly, and Officer Delinko. This book is from two different perspectives. One is from Roy and the other is from Officer Delinko. This book is intriguing because you have to read one chapter from one perspective. And the next is from another. So, you will have to read the chapter in between, then you will want to continue that chapter and then you'll be excited because you can continue the chapter before then. That is what I like about this book. It all started out when Roy had his face was pushed into the bus window by the bully. He saw a boy that was running away from the school. He was curious. At almost the same time, Delinko and Curly had a problem. All of the construction stakes were pulled out of the Mother Paula's Pancake House construction site! Curly was furious but Delinko and Roy were curious. Does the mystery boy have something to do with the dillema? Read the book to find out!Book Review: Adam from Lake Tapps says - Just a Hoot
Summary: 5 Stars
A Mouse Saves the Day (name the book, author and location)
This is a book review about the Tale of Despereaux by the Kate DeCammillo. Most of the story takes place in a castle in a land far, far away.
Big ears and a bigger heart (summary 100- 150 words)
In the Tale of Despereaux a small, weak mouse is born to parents who think he will not even live to see the light of the next day's sun. But in this case, the love of a princess holds true and propels Despereaux on a tale that few could survive. The mighty mouse has to deal with his own family who betrays him, an evil rodent who is the king of the dungeon, a somewhat sympathetic jailor and a host of others who can only see a mouse as something to be caught in a trap and discarded. If you like happy endings where good wins over evil please grab this book off the nearest bookshelf and sail off to a land full of mouseful adventures.
I was there (tell why you liked the book)
I loved this book so much. I liked it a lot - even though it is fantasy. But with fantasy comes the fun part - could a mouse really marry a princess? With her story-telling approach, I felt like I was sitting around a campfire with Kate DeCamillo right beside me. She makes the reader feel like she is telling the story just to you. She captures your interest and soon your heart. In every chapter, she starts or ends with," Reader . . . . . Reader do you know what happened next, And then Reader, he fainted." In the end, the author signs off, "Reader, I hope you have found some light here."
It's so real to me (tell one more thing about the book that is important to you)
Just recently one of my best friends got very sick. He had to fight through a terrible disease to save his life. I loved the Tale of Despereaux because he had to also fight for something that he believed in and save himself from probable death in a dungeon. If Deperaux and my friend had not believed in themselves, they might have both died. One of the most powerful things that we can learn from books is how to deal with our own lives and perhaps become a better person.
Thumbs up or down? (Your recommendation)
Whether you are a fantasy reader or not, this is a great book. One of my all-time favorites.
Book Review: Adventurous
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very entertaining book about a young boy who is new to a school and is bullied. He eventually meets owls and has many fun adventures with them and also trying to save them. This is a great story that all children can enjoy reading.
Cynthia Marie Rizzo, author of "Angela and the Princess" and "Julie and the Unicorn"
Book Review: An Inspiring Book
Summary: 4 Stars
I have recently read the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Have you ever felt left out, or have you felt like your not where you're supposed to be? This is how Roy Eberhardt, a teenage boy from Montana, feels after moving to Florida. Roy investigates a mystery of the boy running with no shoes on, while he tries to save an owl species. Will life in Florida be looking up for Roy?
The theme or lesson of this book I think was to not let things get in your way. Hoot was very inspiring and it makes you want to help animals in your community. Also, you can literally feel yourself as if you were a character in the setting. I'd advise you to read Hoot because I know you'll love it.