When I was in Florida my cousin brought a bag full of paperback books. I read several including Hoot by Carl Hiassen. This author is always good for a comedy book set in Florida. This one is about a 7th grader named Roy. Roy has moved to Coconut Grove, Florida from Montana. He isn't happy about moving to Florida. With all the 7th grade drama in school, Roy approaches the problems like a full grown adult in a 7th grade body. There are bullies and there are those who are bullied. Bullies don't work on Roy. Roy glimpses a barefoot boy in town and tries to find out more about him. In the process he discovers that a construction company is trying to hide the fact that there are protected species of burrowing owls on the property they are building on. Overall this is a very funny story.
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