Carl Hiaasen

Presentation By: Katie Lucken

Mrs. Starch Nick Marta Graham Smoke Libby

Bus Stop School Black Vine Swamp Mrs. Starch’s House Smoke’s House

Horrible Bad Okay Good Awesome One of the Greatest Books I’ve Read

MartaI like Marta because she is sensitive,

quiet, and concerned at times, and other times she is fearless, and

adventurous.

So far Scat is about Mrs. Starch, whom all the kids dislike, and her mysterious

disappearance during a school field trip. There was a controlled fire that caused the

students and teachers to evacuate. Mrs. Starch disappeared to retrieve a students medicine, and nobody has seen her since.

Most of the students had been interviewed. But the main suspect is Smoke, the class trouble maker. Could Smoke really have

caused a fire just to get back at Mrs. Starch?

Carl Hiaasen has been writing about Florida since his father gave him a typewriter at age six. Now Hiaasen writes a column for the Miami Herald and is the author of many bestselling novels, including Skinny Dip, and Star Island. Hoot was his first novel.

Born: March 12, 1953 (age 59), Plantation Movies: Hoot, Striptease Awards: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book

Award, Dilys Award, Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, Newbery Honor, Anthony Awards for Booksellers AwardMore

Education: University of Florida, Emory University

Nominations: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Edgar Award for Best Juvenile, Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction

Scat Flush Chomp Hoot Star Island Skinny Dip

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