Since it looks like you may need books before your June trip, you might call one of the bookstores listed, and ask if they could help with reading suggestions for your son. I recommend Hooked on Books in Islamorada, and the Discount Bookstore in Marathon they both have a good selection of local authors and/or books about the Keys/South Florida. Animal farmer Augustine Mojaki suddenly finds himself on the road.
Listen up now, because there's going to be a quiz on how the hurricane changes everybody's plans. There are good bookstores all through the Keys if you don't make it down to KW. A hurricane, passing over southern Florida, leaves in its untidy wake the usual Hiaasen carnival of knaves and fools. right now no names come to mind but you could do an online search (or search books) for those topics and find something.Īlso just realized that you posted to the Florida Keys forum not Key West. Our family has also read several books about the history of the Keys Flagler's Railway, etc. Here's one my daughter read last year- There's also a reading list you can click on the left hand side of the page. My kids have also read and enjoyed some books on the Everglades. 'The world's upside down, for the time being. 'You understand there's no law to speak of,' says a cynical salesman who made a fortune selling the rickety trailers that collapsed in the storm.
She read them a few years ago so I think they are middle school level books but that's not saying older kids wouldn't enjoy them too. STORMY WEATHER (Knopf, 24) is a loose piece of writing, but the narrative is driven by gales of laughter and rage.
Stormy Weather is an unforgettable, turbulent ride.Yes, my now 15 yr old daughter enjoyed Hiassen's two kids books, Flush and Hoot. They’re not prepared, though, when they meet their opposition, led by a hoary ex-governor who smokes toads.īoth hilariously funny and deadly accurate, Carl Hiaasen’s novel will take you into a Florida that is far from the frilly palms and pink flamingos of its post cards. Drawn by the chance to prey on Andrew’s victims, misfits like the murderous ex-con Snapper and the dangerously seductive Edie find easy targets for their insurance scams. The devastation of the storm has attracted crowds of voyeurs and impostors to Florida. Stormy Weather was my first Carl Hiaasen novel and also my favorite, probably because it contains a surprisingly sweet romance-‘I write 'surprisingly' because this book also contains scenes in which unlikeable minor characters find themselves impaled variously on satellite dishes, horns. Stormy Weather centers on the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Hiaasen’s books, however, are some of the good 'uns. His novels have been translated into many languages and are touted worldwide for their quirky characters and surreal adventures set in the ravaged cultural wasteland of southern Florida. Carl Hiaasen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, has earned a reputation for perceptive, sharp-edged suspense that also cuts to the bone of environmental issues.
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