Thursday, April 19, 2012

Hoot

Book #160 (Unique books*)
Book #14 in 2012
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
"Unfortunately, Roy’s first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn’t been sinking his thumbs into Roy’s temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and–here’s the odd part–wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy’s trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails."

April 13th to April 19th - 7 days - 292 pages

Notes:
Roy was the first fictional character I ever had a crush on. I was like 8. Sigh.

*I have read this lots of times but I'm counting it in my total because it's never been published here.