by Carl Hiaasen · Yearling · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780440419396
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«Hoot» is Carl Hiaasen's young adult novel, published by Yearling in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Roy, a boy who has just moved to Florida, one day sees from the school bus a mysterious boy running barefoot. Investigating his trail, he discovers that someone is sabotaging at night the construction of a pancake restaurant to protect a colony of burrowing owls, an endangered species. With a new friend, Roy will try to prevent the owls from losing their home.
Carl Hiaasen's first novel for young readers, recognized as a Newbery Honor Book.
Recommended by the publisher for readers aged 10 to 12, with humor and ecological mystery.
Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for middle grade readers. Two of his novels have been made into feature films, and two have been made into TV series.
