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Scat ended up being hilarious and I'm glad I read it. It also takes place in Florida, a state where I used to live and spend a good deal of time so that attracted me as well.So Scat follows a Florida kid named Nick, whom I guessed to be around 14 or so and whose father is on reserve in Iraq and his friend Marta. So one day Nick and his class are on a field trip when the swamp that they're visiting catches fire. Mrs. Starch — the feared and unliked biology teacher, vanishes into the fire to retrieve an inhaler that a student had dropped. The bus leaves without Mrs. Starch as she came in her own car.
The next school day, the principal tells the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," but Nick and Marta aren't buying it — especially once that discover that Mrs. Starch has no family so they feel that there's something very fishy about Bunny Starch's disappearance.
They figure the scary, pencil-eating class delinquent, Smoke, who has a history of starting fires, has something to do with her disappearance, especially once authorities state that the fire was due to arson. But they're not the only ones who suspect that Smoke started the fire. But there's more to Smoke than meets the eye.
But there's also a lot more that goes on in the book: there's the dodgy oil exploration company run by a shady, nefarious fellow who is scamming the state by installing illegal pipelines in the Everglades, which is a nature preserve, there's an endangered panther that's being hunted, the strange eco-avenging wilderness man who seems to be sabotaging the oil company's efforts, and of course, the mystery of what in the hell happened to Bunny Stark.
This madcap book was quite a wild romp - an edge-of-your-seat gripping thrill ride that had me interested — and laughing until the end, as it was hysterically funny in many places with a great cast of characters. I thought the premise of this book was fascinating, and Carl Hiaasen turns this premise into an exciting, fast-paced eco-thriller that I had a hard time putting down.
Though this was a light-hearted enjoyable romp, the book does touch on some serious issues as well such as war, crime, environment preservation, amputation and neglectful parents but does so in a smooth way so as not to make the novel unnecessarily grim or frightening, as this is a middle-grade book, after all. And as many of us like to see in our Middle-grade reads, the bad guys get it good in the end.
I do believe that is is part of a four-book middle-grade series that I definitely will be checking out. I also want to check out some of his adult fiction as well.
This review originally posted to my book review blog at rogersreads.com
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Scat Carl Hiaasen 9780375834868 Books Reviews
My ten year old son and I both loved this book! Great character development. Story line comes together nicely as well. Made for an enjoyable read aloud at bed time
Hilarious. I want to read it again. The author has such a wonderful sense of humor while weaving a mystery. I was laughing so hard that I was crying on the plane while I was reading the book. Among others. I read all the Skink books. I have read all his books. Wish I had another one to read. But sadly I have read them all. His characters are so rich! I would recommend his books to everyone for sure.
I enjoy Hiaasen's series for younger readers. At 66 I'm not a younger reader, but the plots are fun, simple and quick. This one has a nice father/son theme that will be appealing to many. A good summer read
My son did not enjoy this book as much as he loved hoot. He said it was super confusing and had way too many characters for him, and jumps around a lot. He's 12 so maybe it just wasn't his thing. He told me he doubts he will finish it.
One of the legacies of J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books is a virtual glut of so-called "young adult" literature that can appeal to both kids and adults. The problem is that not all writers, even those successful at "adult" fiction, can write for this particular audience (for example, Michael Chabon is generally a good writer, but his attempt at this genre, Summerland, falls flat). Fortunately, Carl Hiaasen is not one of these lacking writers, as demonstrated in his first foray, Hoot and again in his new book, Scat.
The main character in Scat is Nick, a mid-teens Florida kid concerned about his father, a reservist in Iraq. These concerns are justified but are also competing with a more local concern the disappearance of the dreaded Mrs. Starch, Nick's drill sergeant of a biology teacher. Mrs. Starch has vanished after a field trip to the local swamp that had been concerned by a fire that turns out to be caused by arson.
The prime suspect for the arson is Duane Scrod, Nick's classmate and a known troublemaker who has also vanished after a nasty argument with Starch. Duane has had previous arrests for arson and has a nickname of Smoke, so things don't look good for him. Of course, there's more to Smoke than meets the eye, and there is another suspicious party a shady oil exploration company that has a scam that involves digging in a nature preserve.
Similar to Hoot, Scat also deals with a threatened animal, in this case, the Florida panther. And like almost all Hiaasen books, a major theme involves overdevelopment and the destruction of Florida's natural beauty. And like all Hiaasen books, this is a fun read, with a lot of humor and some more serious moments as well. Though tamer than Hiaasen's adult work (i.e., no real sex or violence), this will appeal to most people, regardless of age.
Entertaining enough young adult reading. Hiaasen's familiar targets--developers, grafters, despoilers of the land, etc.---but without the profanity and extreme punishments for the bad guys. Principal white hat characters are high school kids and their relatives. As an adult reader, I'm addicted to the author's main line of books with all their highly inventive extremes, but this "cadet" series can be diverting too. My favorite so far in this latter category is "Chomp", which was hilarious.
originally i picked up "Razor Girl" and thoroughly enjoyed it. So I ordered his four best sellers.
I should have been a bit more diligent. The four I ordered [SCAT, CHOMP, HOOT and FLUSH] are all "young adult books.
I have now read all four and they were very good. I am now passing them on to my grand children. Good plots and characters. Great messages and all very good reads.
Scat ended up being hilarious and I'm glad I read it. It also takes place in Florida, a state where I used to live and spend a good deal of time so that attracted me as well.
So Scat follows a Florida kid named Nick, whom I guessed to be around 14 or so and whose father is on reserve in Iraq and his friend Marta. So one day Nick and his class are on a field trip when the swamp that they're visiting catches fire. Mrs. Starch — the feared and unliked biology teacher, vanishes into the fire to retrieve an inhaler that a student had dropped. The bus leaves without Mrs. Starch as she came in her own car.
The next school day, the principal tells the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," but Nick and Marta aren't buying it — especially once that discover that Mrs. Starch has no family so they feel that there's something very fishy about Bunny Starch's disappearance.
They figure the scary, pencil-eating class delinquent, Smoke, who has a history of starting fires, has something to do with her disappearance, especially once authorities state that the fire was due to arson. But they're not the only ones who suspect that Smoke started the fire. But there's more to Smoke than meets the eye.
But there's also a lot more that goes on in the book there's the dodgy oil exploration company run by a shady, nefarious fellow who is scamming the state by installing illegal pipelines in the Everglades, which is a nature preserve, there's an endangered panther that's being hunted, the strange eco-avenging wilderness man who seems to be sabotaging the oil company's efforts, and of course, the mystery of what in the hell happened to Bunny Stark.
This madcap book was quite a wild romp - an edge-of-your-seat gripping thrill ride that had me interested — and laughing until the end, as it was hysterically funny in many places with a great cast of characters. I thought the premise of this book was fascinating, and Carl Hiaasen turns this premise into an exciting, fast-paced eco-thriller that I had a hard time putting down.
Though this was a light-hearted enjoyable romp, the book does touch on some serious issues as well such as war, crime, environment preservation, amputation and neglectful parents but does so in a smooth way so as not to make the novel unnecessarily grim or frightening, as this is a middle-grade book, after all. And as many of us like to see in our Middle-grade reads, the bad guys get it good in the end.
I do believe that is is part of a four-book middle-grade series that I definitely will be checking out. I also want to check out some of his adult fiction as well.
This review originally posted to my book review blog at rogersreads.com
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