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Carl Hiaasen's 'Hoot' is next One Book One Community choice
![For Florida newcomer Roy Eberhardt, it's just one thing after another. If Roy weren't the new kid in school — again — then a bully named Dana Matherson wouldn't have smashed Roy's face against the school-bus window. And then he wouldn't have met tough-talking Beatrice and her stepbrother, the mischievous runaway Mullet Fingers. And then he wouldn't have discovered the miniature owls that live underneath a construction site for Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House. And then ... What happens to Roy in Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Award-winning comic novel <em class="i">Hoot</em> is grist for the <em class="i">Orlando Sentinel's </em>eighth annual One Book, One Community campaign.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-04/45959557-03100718-140105.jpg "For Florida newcomer Roy Eberhardt, it's just one thing after another. If Roy weren't the new kid in school — again — then a bully named Dana Matherson wouldn't have smashed Roy's face against the school-bus window. And then he wouldn't have met tough-talking Beatrice and her stepbrother, the mischievous runaway Mullet Fingers. And then he wouldn't have discovered the miniature owls that live underneath a construction site for Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House. And then ... What happens to Roy in Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Award-winning comic novel <em class="i\">Hoot</em> is grist for the <em class=\"i\">Orlando Sentinel's </em>eighth annual One Book, One Community campaign.")
SENTINEL STAFF WRITERFor Florida newcomer Roy Eberhardt, it's just one thing after another. If Roy weren't the new kid in school — again — then a bully named Dana Matherson wouldn't have smashed Roy's face against the school-bus window. And then he wouldn't have...Tags: Times Square, Foods and Beverages, Children, Walt Disney, Florida
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Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
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|| 1. || Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey (Harper: $26.95) Lives intertwine across Los Angeles. || 1 ||
|| 2. || Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf: $25) U.S.-born children cope with their...Tags: Maria Shriver, China, James Frey, Los Angeles Times, Richard Price
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Portland hosts annual Wordstock literary event
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHighlights of Portland's annual literary event include presentations by award-winning authors, slam poetry by the champs of the genre and a children's stage with "Sesame Street's" Gordon, Roscoe Orman, and others. Among authors featured: Carl Hiaasen ("...Tags: Oregon, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Martin Luther King Jr., Los Angeles Times
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Chatting with authors Janet Fitch and Denise Hamilton
Administrator: Welcome to our online chat with Janet Fitch and Denise Hamilton. raul: hi Denise, how do you research your books? ellen Ulken: Janet, At what stage in life did you know you wanted to be a writer? Denise Hamilton: I was a Los Angeles...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Colleges and Universities, Janet Fitch, Crime, Law and Justice, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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The bard of Sin City's last hand
Driving me around Las Vegas almost a decade ago, zydeco music blaring from his car stereo, Hal Rothman promised me he'd leave town when its population hit 2 million. He didn't make it. Fast-growing Clark County is closing in on 1.7 million, but Rothman...Tags: Boyd Gaming Corporation, Broadway Theater, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Death, Los Angeles Times
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'Hoot'
Zap2It.comMiddle schoolers can learn a thing or two about civil disobedience and the music of Jimmy Buffet from the family film "Hoot," based on the book by Carl Hiaasen. Despite that acclaimed subject material and a capable young cast, director Will Shriner is...Tags: Montana, Neil Flynn, Movies, Luke Wilson, Kiersten Warren
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Following L.A.'s script
Times Staff WriterA decade or so ago, I went with my father to a Friday night concert in a Cape Cod town. It was August, and the village green — an expanse of grass stretching off Main Street — was packed with vacationers and locals, all eating hot dogs and...Tags: History, Universal CityWalk, Arts and Culture, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, MTV (tv network)
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Charlie Crist uninterrupted
The Swampby Katie Fretland The governor of Florida, who pundits have mentioned as a potential running mate for John McCain on the presidential ticket, talks about the veepstakes, tanning (or lack therof) and love in a new interview with The New......Tags: The New York Times, Charlie Crist, John McCain
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Sleuths in their youth
![There's much talk -- too much, if you ask some people -- about how to make sure young people will read books in our technological age. Heartening results come by way of the young adult section in bookstores (<i>cf. </i>Rowling, J.K. and Meyer, Stephenie) which is why a number of big-name writers for adults are plying their wares toward the next generation. Some crossovers, such as mystery writer Rick Riordan's Greek mythology-tinged Percy Jackson novels, comic novelist Carl Hiaasen's "Hoot" and Sherman Alexie's "The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian," fare phenomenally well, attracting strong critical notice and big sales in tandem. Others seem more calculated gambits that lose sight of the fact that kids are savvy readers who won't settle for warmed-over leftovers.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-05/46783311-08115315.gif "There's much talk -- too much, if you ask some people -- about how to make sure young people will read books in our technological age. Heartening results come by way of the young adult section in bookstores (<i>cf. </i>Rowling, J.K. and Meyer, Stephenie) which is why a number of big-name writers for adults are plying their wares toward the next generation. Some crossovers, such as mystery writer Rick Riordan's Greek mythology-tinged Percy Jackson novels, comic novelist Carl Hiaasen's "Hoot\" and Sherman Alexie's \"The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian,\" fare phenomenally well, attracting strong critical notice and big sales in tandem. Others seem more calculated gambits that lose sight of the fact that kids are savvy readers who won't settle for warmed-over leftovers.")
There's much talk -- too much, if you ask some people -- about how to make sure young people will read books in our technological age. Heartening results come by way of the young adult section in bookstores (cf. Rowling, J.K. and Meyer, Stephenie) which...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Family, Teen-agers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sanibel: Florida's Gulf coast offers seashells, shark teeth and gators galore
The Associated PressSANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. -- Florida's southwest coast has bargains to offer the budget-minded traveler, much more than just "early bird" dinners and 2-for-1 happy hours. Shells by the zillions, exotic birds, gentle manatees surfacing like huggable air...Tags: Gulf of Mexico, Science, Illegal Immigrants, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice
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A shipshape way to see Lake Michigan
Times Staff WriterA small but devoted group of cruise aficionados wouldn't book a trip on a big ship -- even if you offered them free shore excursions or an upgrade to a stateroom on the top deck. Not for them the swimming pools, floor shows and shopping arcades of...Tags: Texas, Armed Forces, Joe DiMaggio, Family, Defense
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Playful Film Overcomes Trouble With Its Plot and Timing
TIMES STAFF WRITER"Big Trouble" has been in nothing but big trouble. Not for what it is but for a situation it inadvertently found itself enmeshed in that it's now trying to escape. "Big Trouble" is a pleasant diversion, a lightly amusing criminal comedy with a plot so...Tags: Rene Russo, FBI, Movies, Comedy (genre), Sex
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