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Are you in the mood for a halarious, thrilling, and touching tail? If so, //**Scat**// by //**Carl Hiaasen**// is the book for you! A halarious and touching read, you'll be glad you picked it up and gave it a try!=====

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This book is a great science fiction read! The science topic that this book is about is arson and how detectives solve the crime. Some people may be put off by the fact that it is about arson if it is a topic they are not interested in, but the authors style of writing is really funny and he makes the crime really interesting! He tells the story from a narrator point of view and gives great descriptions of the characters! This is simaler to a lot of authors style of writing but unlike many authors he gives every character a chance to shine, even the "bad guys"===== The characters in this book are: -Bunny/Mrs. Starch -Marta Gonzalez -Nick Walters -Graham -Daune Scrod Jr. (Smoke) -Daune Scrod Sr. (Smoke's dad) -Captain Gregory Walters (Nick's dad) -Mrs. Walters (Nick's mom) -Dr. Dressler -Mr. Neal -Miss Moffitt -Libby Marshall -Jason Marshall (Libby's dad and detective) -Bonnie Marshall (Libby's mom) -Millie/Mrs. Winship (Smoke's gandmother) -Drake McBride (president of the Red Diamond Energy Corporation) -Jimmy Lee Bayliss -Dr. Wendell Waxmo (Substitute) -Twilly Spree I liked all of the characters in this book for multipule reasons! For example, I really liked Nick Walters and Marta Gonzalez because they were two of the most important characters in the book and between them it was a little romantic because I think they liked each other. I also liked them though because Nick was really brave and together Nick and Marta became the heroes along with Mrs. Starch, Smoke, and Twilly. My opinions of the characters probabley have affected my opinion of the book because of the different actions that they took. For example, Smoke started out in the beginning of the book as being the big, mean, and ugly bully, but as the story went on he became one of the biggest heroes of all because he ended up saving the panthers from complete extinction because they were running out and he ended up actually being a really kind, soft-hearted person. I think this character in peticullar changed my opinion of the book because he made the book a lot more touching and sweet in the end. All of the characters had a really humorous personality apart from Mrs. Starch who was always very serious. I also think the characters all had a bit of caring in their hearts, even the bad guys like Drake McBride and Jimmy Lee Bayliss, cared about other people than just themeselves and their fortune. The setting of this book helps to put an image in your head of where the story takes place, and the author does a really great job of describing it too! This story is located in Florida, and the major conflict which sends this book reeling is located at Black Vine Swamp. This is a relistic setting because Florida does have many swamps which makes it a lot easier to picture the setting because it compares to the real world nicely. I can easily picture this books setting because the author does an excellent job of describing the senes of the book which make the book all the more thrilling because it is as if a movie is going on inside your head. I'm sure you've been wondering exactly what is this book about? Here it comes...! One day Nick Walters and his friend Marta and their class directed by Mrs. Starch go on a field trip to Black Vine Swamp. They end up having to go back to school early because of a mysterious wild fire later detected as arson. Unfortunately, Mrs. Starch goes missing the day of the wild fire and tells everyone she has had an unexpected family emergency, yet on all of her files, she has no family at all. Even more concerning, she hasn't taken a leave of absense in eighteen years! Nick and Marta go on a desperate hunt to find their biology teacher, and along the way they meet Twilly, and find that even Smoke plays a role in the mysteries. Unfortunately, not everything goes as planned. Drake McBride and his cliant Jimmy Lee Bayliss, members of the Red Diamond Energy Corporation, are trying to illigally take petrolium out of the Florida swamp on base 22. And all of this good and evil revolve around and heavily impact the fate of the endangered Florida panther. Who will win the battle...? As you can see, this book is a great read! Anyone would want to read this book because it is a quick read and is easy to understand. It is full of adventure and excitement and won't dissapoint a soul on this planet. As you can see, this book is a winner! I give this book five stars and reccomend it to anyone who loves a great novel and who likes adventure and mystery combined. If you havn't tried adventure and mystery combined yet, this can be the first hit!!!! Scat rules, and so do the people who read it!!!!!!!!