Feature Book: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

A bit about the book:

“Roy Eberhardt has moved many times in his young life. Now he’s the new kid at Trace Middle School in Country Grove, Florida. He has no friends, sits alone at lunch, and is an easy target for the school bully, Dana Matherson.

But if it for Dana bullying him on one particular day, he never would had met the runaway boy or befriend Beatrice, who likes to beat up bullies. With the bullies taken care of, the friends turn their attention to other things, like the nest of endangered burrowing owls living in at the corner of East Oricole Avenue where the new pancake house plans to set up business. Together, these friends try take a stand to stop the construction that would destroy the home of these little owls. But can they succeed?”

You and your middle-schooler will enjoy this witty and heart-warming novel until the very last page. We encourage you to find out for yourself to see if this book as it’s own ‘happily ever after’. We are trying to bring back the ‘happily ever after’ to our modern stories. If you enjoyed this book, or have a book that you’d like to recommend, leave a comment below. Who knows? Your book might be feature here one day.