Hoot (novel)
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| Author | Carl Hiaasen |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Realistic Fiction |
| Published | 2002 Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 292 |
| ISBN | 0-330-41529-8 |
| OCLC | 53393228 |
Hoot is a 2002 children's mystery/suspense novel by Carl Hiaasen. The story takes place in Florida, where new arrival Roy makes two oddball friends and a bad enemy. Roy joins an effort to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 2003.