The book I chose to read for my Independent Reading book was called, “Hoot,” by Carl Hiaasen. The main character, Roy, moves to Florida. A kid named Dana soon starts to bully Roy as he is a new kid to the school. He ends up being choked by Dana and he punches Dana in the nose. He is accused of punching Dana, even though he was escaping from Dana. Roy is suspended for a couple weeks. Roy hears about a pancake house that is building a franchise in his town. He soon hears in the news that vandalism is delaying the construction. Roy visits the construction site and sees that there are endangered owls that live in the building site. Soon, they will be taken over by the pancake house. He soon meets the person who is vandalizing the property to make sure that the owls can live there. Will the kids delay and end the construction and save the owls? Read the book to find out.
I chose this book because I like books that have a mystery in them. I also liked this book because I was constantly wanting to read on and on to find out answers to what was going to happen next in the story. I would recommend this book because it is a good, action-packed book with a mystery tied together. It also has a strong lesson through this story that is important to our modern day life.
This book is connected to American culture because America is becoming more and more industrial is constantly cutting down trees, building more buildings, and endangering animals habitats for our well-being. I believe this book strongly represents American culture as we have more and more urban areas being created.
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