Hoot is a Newberry Award Winner and a great book to read with older elementary students. I read this book with my sixth grade reading students. The students really enjoyed the book. Pre-teen students love to debate and share their opinions and this book opens itself to those opportunities. It also loans itself to discussing some environmental issues (which can tie into science).
A young boy named Roy moves from Montana to a new town with his mom and dad. He is not very happy about the situation because he is being picked on during the bus ride to school by a bully named Dana. While Dana has Roy's face pushed up against the window Roy sees a young boy running down the block with no shoes on. Roy's curiosity runs wild and he makes it his goal to find out about the boy and why he has never seen him at school. Roy soon meets a very strong willed young lady named Beatrice. Beatrice begins to slowly unravel the mystery behind the boy that Roy was so curious about. Roy finds himself getting into a lot of trouble by trying to help the shoeless boy. Much of the drama that unfolds throughout the book has to do with a new Pancake House that is being built in an area where owls are burrowing.
If you enjoy this book you may also enjoy Flush, another book written by Carl Hiaasen.
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