Hoot (2002) is a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. Set in Florida, its plot is, to all intents and purposes, a toned-down version of a typical Hiaasen storyline, with a group of schoolkids battling the Establishment in order to protect the environment. They do so by employing a moderate form of ecotage. Nevertheless Hoot is a lesson in democracy as it strongly suggests everyone should stand up for their rights as citizens and for what they believe in. The cover of Carl Hiaasens first young adult novel, Hoot (2002). ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Photo of Carl Hiaasen by Robert Birnbaum Carl Hiaasen [pronounced hiya-sun] (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... // Plot in literature, theater, movies According to Aristotles Poetics, a plot in literature is the arrangement of incidents that (ideally) each follow plausibly from the other. ... The Establishment is a pejorative term used in Western societies to refer to the controlling (elite) structures of those societies. ... Ecotage is sabotage motivated by environmentalism, including the prevention of ecocide. ... A lesson is a structured period of time where learning occurs. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ...

Outline of the plot

After his family has moved from Montana to Coconut Cove, Florida, young Roy Eberhardt has a hard time adjusting to life in the Sunshine State. Not only does Roy miss the mountains and the snow—at school and even on the school bus, he is bullied by a boy called Dana Matherson. When, one day, he summons all his courage, hits back and breaks Matherson's nose everyone seems to believe it was he who started the fight. The vice-principal even makes Roy write a letter of apology to Dana Matherson. State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th)  - Land 377,295 km²  - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000)  - Population 902,195 (44th)  - Density 2. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... A fresh snowfall in Colorados (USA) high forests. ... A new 1973 Wayne Lifeguard school bus won in national contest for safety ideas is presented to winning driver from Goochland County Public Schools by Wayne dealer Jeff Davis at Virginia State Capitol A school bus is a specially built, painted and equipped bus used to transport students to and... A bully is an individual who tends to torment others, either through verbal harassment or physical assaults, or through more subtle methods of coercion. ...

At the same time a chain of pancake houses is preparing to build a new family restaurant in Coconut Cove. The bulldozers have already been parked on the construction site, but work is delayed again and again when bizarre but effective acts of vandalism occur at night. As a groundbreaking ceremony has already been scheduled and advertised, the company is mad to stop all that sabotage, for example by having the site guarded by trained peoples. A bulldozer is a powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. ... To report vandalism on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress. ... Groundbreaking is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. ... Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ...

Also at the same time Napoleon Bridger Leep, a boy who has run away from his dysfunctional family and from an institution in which he was put, is hiding in a dilapidated ice-cream truck parked on a junkyard in Coconut Cove. However, one morning he is spotted by Roy Eberhardt when he is running away from the school bus rather than hurrying to join the other kids at the next bus stop. Curious, Roy starts to investigate and, after some initial setbacks, eventually not only makes Napoleon's acquaintance but also convinces the other boy that he can be trusted. Trust in sociology is a relationship between people. ...

It turns out that Napoleon, who prefers to be called "Mullet Fingers", is responsible for the acts of vandalism that have been committed at the construction site. His motives, however, are honourable: Mullet Fingers wants to save the burrowing owls that live on the site from being killed when the bulldozing begins. The young people succeed in exposing the machinations of those in power—which include illegally removing an environmental impact statement from the official file and taking a bribe—and, eventually, in saving the birds and their habitat. Genera Agonostomus Aldrichetta Cestraeus Cahaenomugil Chelon Crenimugil Joturus Liza Moolgarda Mugil Myxus Neomyxus Oedalechilus Rhinomugil Sicamugil Valaomugil Xenomugil The mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water also. ... Binomial name Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) The Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia, is a small owl. ... An environmental impact statement (EIS) is an examination of the effects on the environment that will occur if a particular action is taken. ... Bribery is the practice of offering a professional or an authority person money or other favours in order to circumvent ethics or other rules in a variety of situations. ... The term habitat has a number of unrelated meanings: A concept in Ecology: see habitat. ...