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Does Roy do anything in the book that makes you like him?  Or dislike him?  Would you like to be friends with someone like him? Respond as a comment on this post.

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Does Roy do anything in the book that makes you like him?  Or dislike him?  Would you like to be friends with someone like him? Respond as a comment on this post.

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Write a quote from Hoot that you liked or connected with.  Can your book club friends pick who said it?  Add your quote as a padlet post. 

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Write a quote from Hoot that you liked or connected with.  Can your book club friends pick who said it?  Add your quote as a padlet post. 

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Animal Exploration: Protecting wildlife is a major theme of this story. Look up information about the local wildlife and find out if any animals are endangered or protected in your area. Talk about their habitat, diet, and how humans can help these animals survive. Create a poster with a photo or drawing and interesting facts about your favorite animal.

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At the beginning of the book, Roy misses his old home in Montana. Have you ever moved to a new place? What was the most challenging thing about it? How did you adjust to your new surroundings?

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Storyline

The story of a young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls, and that a tough girl at his school named Beatrice has some connection with the barefoot boy, who has some connection with vandalism at the construction site. When they realize that a population of endangered burrowing owls is threatened by new construction the kids decide to take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving their new friends. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

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It's time to stand up for the little guys.

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Trivia

The fine print beneath the newspaper photo showing the spray-painted police car credits producer, writer, and director Wil Shriner as the photographer. See more "

Goofs

The drinking cups at the seafood restaurant move when the Captain and Officer Delinko are eating lunch in the first half hour of the movie. See more "

Quotes

Chuck Muckle : What are you telling me, Mr. Branitt? Snakes scared your dogs away?
Curly Branitt : Well, these weren't just your ordinary snakes, Mr. Muckle. These was cottonmouths, and, you know, a cottonmouth will kill a dog pretty darn quick.
Chuck Muckle : Really? Can they kill a bulldozer?
Curly Branitt : Well... I guess not.
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Connections

References Toy Story (1995) See more "

Soundtracks

Werewolves of London
Written by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon
Performed by Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band
Jimmy Buffett appears courtesy of Mailboat Records, Inc.
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Details

Release Date:

5 May 2006 (USA)

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,400,000, 7 May 2006

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,224,998

Company Credits

Technical Specs

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Directed by Wil Shriner. With Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson. A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.