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Loading... Scat (2009)by Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen's latest is funny, exciting and has wonderful lessons about family and our environment. Ed Asner's audio narration was just ok - maybe it was too many hours watching Mary Tyler Moore - I had a hard time picturing kids with his voice. But the strong story makes up for it. Definitely recommended as a good book for a family road trip. (  ) jmoncton | Jun 3, 2013 |  Could work as a crossover. Great characters with some very much like Hiaasen's adult book characters. Good story line with enough adventure and action to keep kids reading. Ecology, panthers, Florida! ( ) librarian1204 | Apr 27, 2013 | Although the buffoonery of the bad guys is a little over the top, this is a great story with Hiaasen's trademark quirky characters. The mystery has plenty of twists in the first half of the book, and readers will be kept guessing about what really happened to Mrs. Starch when she disappeared into the Black Vine Swamp. And of course, Hiaasen's passion about saving endangered species comes through in an icing-on-the-cake, utterly un-didactic way. ( ) KimJD | Apr 8, 2013 | Listened to Listening Library audio narrated by Ed Asner. At first I found Asner's narration to be a relief since I had not been happy with the last few audiobooks' narrators, and he did do very well with the actual narrative sections, but it turned out that dialogue was a bit of a problem. While Asner did his best to differentiate voices, he has such a distinct, gruff kind of voice that the characters all ended up sounding like some variation of Ed Asner. The story was very typical Hiaasen: Florida setting - check; environmental them - check; irresponsible/ineffective adults - check, wacky, screwball characters - double check! There were so many issues going on here that I think they overwhelmed the story some though and I simply can't believe that parents would pay the money for a private school run the way the Truman School is described. Still, this was definitely fun and worth the time. I'd recommend reading over listening though. (  ) JenJ. | Mar 31, 2013 | This is a great book in which a crime is committed, a kid framed, and others trying to unravel the case while helping an endangered panther in Florida. (  ) Zhen.Li | Feb 23, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375834869, Hardcover)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. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. And Nick and Marta will have to reckon with an eccentric eco-avenger, a stuffed rat named Chelsea, a wannabe Texas oilman, a singing substitute teacher, and a ticked-off Florida panther before they really begin to see the big picture. That's life in the swamp, kids. (retrieved from Amazon Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:42:42 -0500) Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing. |
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