Author
Carl Hiaasen
6 award wins, 11 nominations across 6 books.
Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and novelist. He was born and raised in a bizarre place called Florida, where he still lives. His books have been described as savagely funny, riotous, and cathartic. Oddly, they are beloved even by readers who’ve never set foot in the Sunshine State. *-- Author's Website*
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Flush
Published 2005-09-13 · 304 pages
Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor--which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right.
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Hoot
304 pages
Everything changes when sees a strange boy wearing no shoes run passed his bus. Come with Roy, Beatrice, and the strange boy to save the owls from the evil Paula's Pancakes.
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Native Tongue
Published 1991 · 448 pages
Joe Winder, ex-muckraking reporter now works for the Amazing Kingdom theme park as their PR man. The trouble starts with the theft of the precious blue-tongued mango voles and quickly leads to something darker.
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Scat
Published 2009-01-27 · 384 pages
Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a "family emergency," Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance.And he does! But not in the way they think.
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Skink--No Surrender
Published 2014-09-23 · 264 pages
With the help of an eccentric ex-governor, a teen-aged boy searches for his missing cousin in the Florida wilds.
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Tourist Season
381 pages
A group of most unusual terrorists sets out to purge Florida of greed and corruption by attacking what they consider the root source--tourists.
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