Hoot

Hoot is a novel by Carl Hiaasen, in the Coming of age and Realistic Fiction genre.
The story takes place in Coconut Cove, Florida in the present day.
The Reason I think Hoot is within these genres, is because Roy Eberhardt, the main character of the novel tries to stop the construction of Mother Paula's pancake restaurant. Which puts the Endangered Burrow Owls in conflict with the construction of the restaurant. The conflict of trying to save the rare owls and not get into trouble himself as he is only young. Fortunately there is another two people trying to help the owls, Beatrice and her step-brother, Mullet Fingers her stepbrother is a runaway from his family and only Beatrice knows his whereabouts.
Not only do they stop the construction, but Roy makes friends and they expose the dishonesty of the building company involved. The book also shows how large companies can disregard the environment.
The themes in this book are growing up, we see Roy take responsibility, another theme is corruption because the pancake house wants to bribe local officials and build on protected land.
The mood of the book is sad at the beginning as Roy hates his new home in Florida, he much prefers it in Montana. Eventually the mood of the book becomes triumphant as his bully Dana Matherson, is thrown in jail and the school wins against the building company.