Arrr!īilly Dickens is an atypical teen leading an atypical life. Scat and chomp in particular had some laugh out loud moments. Me personal preference of reading order be scat, chomp, flush, hoot, then squirm.

They certainly appealed to this older one too. They are rather lighthearted and silly but I can see the appeal for younger readers. The answer was not that interesting to me and the dad seemed to be an idiot in general. There is supposed to be a mystery in terms of what the exactly Billy’s father does for a living. In this book, Billy is determined to meet his father and gets answers to his questions. Squirm: This book was slightly different in that part of it takes place in Montana and there is an absent dad who certainly doesn’t win any awards for best parent. It is over-the-top and ridiculous and I loved it. The reality star, Derek Badger, is something else. This was a tongue-in-cheek look at reality television and made me laugh. His friend Tuna (second worse name ever) joins him on location. This book follows a boy named Wahoo (worst name ever) as he works with his dad as an animal wrangler for a wildlife reality tv show. I particularly loved the family dynamics in this one.Ĭhomp: This was me other favourite. Also this is one of those books where the dad actually acknowledges faults and takes steps to improve. There are side plots about the kids trying to save their parents marriage. I loved the pancake house actress.įlush: In this one a boy named Noah is determined to help his dad stop the local casino boat from dumping sewage into the water. The running boy is called “Mullet Fingers” and is on a quest to fight a pancake house and save the owls. Roy is pulled into a mystery to find out who the boy is and what he is doing. It is while being smashed into the school bus window that Roy first sees “the running boy” who is running away from the school bus and appears to be wearing no shoes. He is chosen to be the school bully, Dana Matherson’s, new punching bag. In this one, Roy Eberhardt moves to Florida. I also think at some point I watched some of the movie with me nephews. Hoot: This was apparently a best novel nominee for the Newbery medal. Also there tends to be loving, if odd, parents involved which is nice. While the bad guys are very two-dimensional, the good guys are quirky and fun. All of them involve a young boy who lives in Florida, gets bullied, loves animals, has a quirky sense of humor, makes new friends, and saves the day. This be a review of the other four books: hoot, flush, chomp, squirm. I enjoyed that book so much that I decided to listen to all of Hiaasen’s other juvenile books. Ahoy there me mateys! A while back I was introduced to this author because of a cat on the cover of scat.

Hoot and flush