Hoot

Hoot By: Carl Hiaasen Adventure 292 Pages Published 2002 Grades 6-8

The book Hoot has many different interesting characters. The real main character is Roy. Roy is a young boy who is in middle school. He is constantly getting bullied and beaten up by this one kid, Daina. Roy’s father is part of the Government who is occasionally getting promotions, so Roy moves many times over the years. His most recent place that he has moved is Coconut Cove. He is obviously new to his school. He has to ride his bus with this kid named Daina. Daina constantly bullies him and calls him cowgirl. He got that name because of where Roy says that he comes from, Montana. After riding the bus for a few days, he began to notice a boy. He would run right pass all the bus stops. He would wear the same ragged shorts, and faded Miami Heat Jersey. He would only run every few days. Finally, the day that Roy sees him running, he decides to run after him to see where he is going. At the stop where he sees the boy running, Roy jumps up out of his seat to get off the bus and follow the running boy. When he stands up, he is then strangled by Daina. He Turns around, and to get Daina off of him, he punches him in the face and ends up breaking his nose. Another character is Beatrice. She rides Roy’s bus and yells at Roy constantly. The main reason for yelling at him is because when he went running off the bus after being choked by Daina, he nearly knocked down Beatrice. Later in the story, Roy ends up finding out that the running boy is Beatrice’s brother. Well, almost brother because, her parents don’t know about him. My opinion on this book is that I really enjoyed it! I thought that it was well written and easy to understand. I liked the different personalities of all the characters. From bully to normal life, they were all diverse in their own funny ways. I would definitely read this book again. I would recommend this to a friend. I would do so because, it is a funny, simple, well written story! If I had read them, I would probably also recommend Downhill Lie, and Flush which are just a couple of the authors many other books. Out of a 1-10 rating, I would give this book, Hoot, a 9.