Hoot

Hoot (novel) - Wikipedia


Title: Hoot

Author: Carl Hiaasen


Published by Alfred A. Knopf (2002)

 

This book tells the story about Roy, a young boy who moved to Florida. One day on the school bus he notices something mysterious and decides to investigate. After a lot of investigating, he helps another young boy attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a big construction site.

 

This book speaks a lot on bullying and domestic violence. Roy used to be bullied at his other schools, and even the one he moved to in Florida. His family also doesn’t seem to be concerned with what he is doing most of the time. The book also doesn’t give a helpful message for bullying as other books do. I feel like other books show that there are people and places you can go to for help if you are in a bullying situation. In this story, when Roy defends himself from getting bullied, he receives a punishment from the school. So, they are basically telling the readers that if you are in a troubled situation and you go to the school for help, you will get in trouble. There is some swearing in this book to, which for young readers is not appropriate.

 

I did try to read this book in intermediate school, but I got through the first three pages and stopped. A lot of my friends at that time disliked the book. It was never really displayed or talked upon in our library. I rate this book a two out of five. This book sends a lot of negative messages and is just not a good read for anyone, in my opinion. 

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