I read a couple of Carl Hiaasen's adult novels, thought them reasonably entertaining, but didn't find them as compelling as fellow Floridian Tim Dorsey's Serge Storms series. However, I decided to try his Newbery-Award-winning young adult novel, Hoot
, and enjoyed it very much. As in his adult novels, Hiaasen combines an offbeat sense of humor with a plot about preserving the unique flora and fauna in Florida.Roy Eberhardt is the new kid in his Coconut Cove, Florida, middle school. Between battles with the school bully, Roy finds out that a large pancake chain is getting ready to build on a site that's also home to several breeding pairs of endangered burrowing owls. He joins forces with a mysterious barefoot boy and his school's female soccer star to stop the development and save the owls.
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