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I enjoyed Hoot when I read it last year. I had no idea it was available in audio form.
I have read several of Richard Peck's books this year and liked them all, but The Teacher's Funeral was not among them. Sounds like I need to give that one a pass.
Sounds like you had a wonderful Thank ... On our road trip we listened to a couple of books. One was Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, which my husband and I enjoyed, and my daughters even listened to for awhile at the end. Chad Lowe did a good job with the narration. The other was The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck, which we didn't ... ... like how Demi Moore ruined Striptease by making it all serious and junk, when it was an adaptation of a comedic book by Carl Hiaason Hi kcc, have you read Hoot by Carl Hiaasen? It's a pretty grown-up YA about a group of spunky kids who get together to save a colony of burrowing owls. And it's set in Florida! If you're into animals or the environment, it might be a good book for you.
Have a great trip! ... Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Esperanza Rising, Dust by Arthor Slade, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Hoot, Peter Pan in Scarlet, Miracle on 49th street by Mike Lupica, Paint the Wind...
These books appeal to a wide range 10yrs and up. Book 6 of 81
Category: Humor
Item: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Comments:
This YA environmentalist tale takes place in Florida and the "at risk" population in question is a small community of small ground-dwelling owls about to be displaced by a pancake restaurant. While not ... Born Free
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Zathura
Tale of Despereaux
Coraline
Because of Winn-Dixie
Hoot
Lipstick Jungle
Sixth Sense
only one Harry Potter is already listed, is the sensation done? ... dilemma one faces.
Cons: For some unknown reason, this book read slower for me than Amy Tan's other novels.
12. Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
Dates read: January 25-26, 2009
Synopsis: Young Adult novel that has main character, Roy Eberhardt moving to southern Florida from Montana due ... #14 I think your son would like Hoot. The main character is a male and it's written from his perspective. I think he did write Nature Girl and Flush. Carmenere> Sorry!! I was rushing to post it so I could watch Shopgirl! WELL... Hoot was pretty good. An easy read with a great message. I grew up in Florida (the setting for the book) so it was familiar to me. Roy, the new kid at Trace Middle School, teams up with an unlikely classmate to ... 2. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen I read Hoot at the tail end of 2008, and enjoyed it (I cannot resist owls), so I am going to have to look out for Flush and Skinny Dip as well. Thanks for the recommendations. 2. Hoot - Written for the kiddies, a typical Hiaasen environmental crime story based in Florida. As expected, an excellent read.
... voices of the various interviewees come through and making me believe that humans really were at war with zombies
488. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen - YA; enjoyable book about the efforts of some young teens to save burrowing owls in Florida
489. The Small Woman by Alan Burgess - ... Airborn, Kenneth Oppel
Hoot, Carl Hiaasen
Magyk, Angie Sage
Monster, Walter Dean Myers
Stowaway, Karen Hesse Carl Hiassen's Flush and Hoot are also very good. Louis Sachar's Holes also works well with 13 year old boys. Carl Hiassen's Flush and Hoot are also very good. Louis Sachar's Holes also works well with 13 year old boys. ... tell you that she highly recommends the set.
I noticed that you enjoyed Flush by Carl Hiaasen so you might also like Hoot. And if you're a fan of Cynthia Khadota's Weedflower, my daughter says you will also like Kira-Kira by the same author. I could go on, but I will stop because ... ...
Thanks to Fam and Stasia, I've been reading lots of YA books -- a genre I previously had not discovered. Thus, I'm adding Hoot to my tbr mountain.
Thanks.
94) Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Pretty much what I expected for his first foray in YA fiction...which is a good thing. Hiaasen is one of my "buy immediately upon release" authors.
Quirky humor wrapped around younger characters make up this story about kids trying to stop a developer from building ... Humor
1. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
2. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
3. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
4. I am a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
5. The Hot Rock by Donald Westlake
6. The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land by Diana Wynne Jones
... ... They could foster some good discussion as he likes to tackle environmental activism with some cooky characters. Look up Hoot and Flush to see if they might fit your needs. ... of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
7. The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
8. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
9. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
10. Flush by Carl Hiaasen Book Number 4: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.
Nice story about saving a group of owls from being built over. I wanted to know more about the boy though! The beginning reminded me of Stig of the Dump. Demonstrated how standing up for yourself can get results. Eh'm marlicky Hootpoe metzgerit fra Trapnick Minetoons. Nop nop troovy! ... ago and I'm about to start reading it aloud to my wife and kids. I didn't enjoy it as much as Hiaasen's first kids' novel, Hoot, but is was still good fun.
other books I've already read this month:
Contest by Matthew Reilly
Duma Key by Stephen King
Spider-Woman: Origin by Br ... "I don't care if you call the Wizard of Oz, we're going in."
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
"Ever heard of a telephone?" ... rather fantastical in nature. The last YA book that I remember reading that was not fantasy, and not aimed at girls was Hoot.
This book had a humorous voice, and a good story. While the themes were not incredibly origanal - divorce, falling in love with your best friend, life perspective ... ... I'm reading! I finished listening to Half-Blood Prince today. *sigh* So sad, but I love it! I started listening to Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. I like it so far. I've been meaning to read it for a long time. And I'm trying to get back on track with my LotR reread, so I picked up The Two Tow ... ... caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen My eight-almost-nine-year-old has recently enjoyed Hoot; Hugo Cabret; and the Screech Owls series by Roy Macgregor. We are currently reading the Wayside School books by Louis Sachar and he is getting a laugh out of them.
I also second The Tale of Despereaux and Fantastic Mr. Fo ... 8. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (292 pages)
9. The Pact by Jodi Picoult (496 pages) ... The others are Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George, Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Hoot and Flush by Carl Hiaasen or books by Lois Lowry. Happy reading :-) I started this month with The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Then Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Then The Beekeeper's Apprentice, then Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey. I'm currently trying to get through the Uglies Trilogy just like #9. I'm in the middle of Specials right now.
A Note about the Uglie ... I started this month with The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Then Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Then The Beekeeper's Apprentice, then Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey. I'm currently trying to get through the Uglies Trilogy just like #9. I'm in the middle of Specials right now.
A Note about the Uglie ... #95 Fourpawz2 - I've been known to read aloud from time to time. Some passages just beg to be spoken.
I started Hoot by Carl Hiaasen this morning. It's still too early for me to give a definite opinion on it, but I think it'll be a quick, fun read. ... Acts by Agatha Christie
237. The Bhagavad-Gita - keeper
238. Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie - keeper
239. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen - seller
240. Hiding My Candy by The Lady Chablis - seller ... (before LT). It's a powerful read, a bit disturbing but good. I have next to read Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. I would love to know what you thought of any of the above.
I did see Feed in the library. I may have to ... ... nominee) - foul mouthed 11 year old heroine uses lots of bad language ( although it is mild by todays adult standards)
Hoot ( Newbery honor book)by Hiaasen - repeated use of the curse damn
Finding the balance is tough and some parents object to children's books that use "shut-up" and ... On July 8, I've completed reading the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.
And as of 0000H GMT of July 14, I have so far completed 57% of the book Beowulf.
. ... of 0000H GMT of July 7, I have so far completed 94% of the book Atonement by Ian McEwan.
Next, I'll be reading Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
. ... new name now? Or is that just in Springfield?). Anyway, welcome to the board from a fellow Missourian. How did you like Hoot? I have read a lot of Carl Hiassen's adult books, and I am trying to get my daughter to read Hoot. ... Sachar (particularly Holes), and has recently read a few books by Mike Lupica which he enjoyed. He also liked Hoot by Carl Hiaasen who has also written other children's books, I believe (you have to check though because I think he writes adult fiction as well).
I think that ... ... Stroud and would also recommend it.
If he would be interested in trying something new and funny... I really liked Hoot and Flush by Carl Hiaasen on audio. ... laugh and suggesting a few of those to be voted on...some of my personal favorites include: Absolutely, Positively Not, Hoot, Flush, Vegan, Virgin, Valentine and The Year of Secret Assignments. ... kids here don't have their own computers, so cyber-activity is pretty much all in the library. I didn't know about the Hoot movie, but there's a possibility for summer. And the Harry Potter idea is good . . .
Thanks for the hundred ideas; we need them! ... Earthly Knight by Janet McNaughton
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
Second Nature by Alice Hoffman
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
the many lives and sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland (I already have the second and third books in the trilogy, so now I can ... ... LOL or have thought to be funny include the following...
Lamb: the gospel according to Biff by Christopher Moore
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Vegan, Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
The Earth, My Butt and other big round things by Carolyn Mackler ... ... Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully but haven't gotten very far yet.
Also listening to Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.
... I should finish by Monday when I'll move onto The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards.
and I'm still reading Hoot to my kids - now that they're back at school we're making slow progress. ... the story but didn't think the writing was as good as his adult books.
I have a couple of Hiaasen's adult books but Hoot is the first thing of his I've read. We're almost halfway through it now and the story is OK but I expected it to me a lot funnier based on what I've read about his ... Man and Boy by Tony Parsons - I'm 100 pages in and enjoying it so far.
to my kids I'm reading Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. A good young adult read. Since we're going through some of our favorite movie adaptations, what about some of the worst?
My vote is for Hoot, such a great book, such a horrid movie - though I did like some of the music ... better than Paolini, but a lot darker too.
In non fantasy Carl Hiaasen has written some pretty good Young Adult things, hoot and flush ... horts
I also think Absolutely, positively not has a pretty creative title and I also like Carl Hiaasen's YA titles Hoot and Flush.
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