<P> Hoot is a 2002 young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen . The setting takes place in Florida , where new arrival Roy makes two oddball friends and a bad enemy , and joins an effort to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site . The book won a Newbery Honor award in 2003 . A film adaptation of the book was released in May 2006 , starring Logan Lerman , Brie Larson , and Cody Linley . Hiaasen and Wil Shriner , the director and script - writer , `` fought long and hard to stay truthful to the book . '' </P>
what is the setting of the book hoot
Florida