Books by Carl Hiaasen

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Book SynopsisA wildly entertaining adventure involving snakes, grizzlies, a menacing drone, a missing father, and the kid determined to find him. In classic Hiaasen fashion, the animals here are wild, and the people are wilder! Some facts about Billy Dickens:   *  He once saw a biker swerve across the road in order to run over a snake.   *  Later, that motorcycle somehow ended up at the bottom of a canal.   *  Billy isn't the type to let things go. Some facts about Billy's family:   *  They've lived in six different Florida towns because Billy's mom insists on getting a house near a bald eagle nest.   *  Billy's dad left when he was four and is a total mystery.   *  Billy has just found his dad's address--in Montana. This summer, Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, save a neighbor's cat, save an endangered panther, and then try to save his own father. A fun romp that will keep readers hooked. —The New York Times

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for Skin Tight“A hell of a story...If there is a patron saint for bestsellers, this one will inspire a hallelujah chorus.”—New York Daily News“Good, mean fun...a twisting, high-speed ride on a roller coaster without brakes.”—San Francisco Chronicle“A high-speed tale of murder cover-ups and gonzo revenge...Hiaasen delivers every time.”—Seattle Times “Hiaasen display[s] his manic sense of humor at every turn...wickedly amusing.”—Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisCarl Hiaasen takes us deep in the Everglades with an eccentric eco-avenger, a ticked-off panther, and two kids on a mission to find their missing teacher. Florida—where the animals are wild and the people are wilder! Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved. But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. Starch has been called away on a family emergency, Nick and Marta just don't buy it. No, they figure the class delinquent, Smoke, has something to do with her disappearance. And he does! But not in the way they think. There's a lot more going on in Black Vine Swamp than any one player in this twisted tale can see. It’s all about to hit the fan, and when it does, the bad guys better scat.  “Ingenious . . . Scat won’t

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Book SynopsisThis is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it.This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement and inspiration. That's not what you need. You need a warning.     So begins Carl Hiaasen's attempt to prepare young men and women for their future. And who better to warn them about their precarious paths forward than Carl Hiaasen? The answer, after reading Assume the Worst, is: Nobody.     And who better to illustrate--and with those illustrations, expand upon and cement Hiaasen's cynical point of view--than Roz Chast, best-selling author/illustrator and National Book Award winner? The answer again is easy: Nobody.     Following the format of Anna Quindlen's commencement address (Bei

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Book SynopsisFollow the adventures of a news-photographer-turned-private-eye as he seeks truth, justice, and an affair with his ex-wife (The New York Times) in this hilarious caper from bestselling author Carl Hiaasen.R. J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye, is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman''s scam that''s anything but sportsmanlike, there''s a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida--and a lot that''s rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments. Here Decker will team up with a half-blind, half-mad hermit with an appetite for road kill; dare to kiss his ex-wife while she''s in bed with her new husband; and face deadly TV evangelists, dangerously seductive women, and a pistol-toting redneck with a pit bull on his arm. And here his own life becomes part of the stakes. For while the double whammy is the lure, first prize is for the most ingenious murder.

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Book Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishes Zoom school. Welcome to another wild adventure in Carl Hiaasen's Florida!Valdez Jones VIII calls himself Wrecker because his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather salvaged shipwrecks for a living. So is it destiny, irony, or just bad luck when Wrecker comes across a speedboat that has run hard aground on a sand flat? The men in the boat don't want Wrecker to call for help—in fact, they'll pay him to forget he ever saw them. Wrecker would be happy to forget, but he keeps seeing these men all over Key West—at the marina, in the cemetery, even right outside his own door. And now they want more than his silence—they want a lookout.He'll have to dive deep into their shady dealings to figure out a way to escape this tangled net. . . .

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Book SynopsisConsiderado como uno de los mejores libros juveniles de 2012 por Amazon.?No podrás leer una historia de aventuras más alocada y divertida que esta.?Kirkus ReviewsUna lectura emocionante que no pierde el ritmo en ningún momento y que pasa de una íntima historia familiar a un alocado thriller con brillantes dosis de humor disparatado. El libro tiene como protagonista a Wahoo Cray, el hijo de un domador de animales. A diferencia de otros chicos, él ha pasado su infancia rodeado de cocodrilos, serpientes, loros, ratas, monos y tortugas. Para hacer frente a sus problemas económicos, el papá de Wahoo decide trabajar para un reality show de la televisión. Se trata de un programa llamado Expedición de supervivencia!, el cual traerá infinidad de dolores de cabeza a ambos, sobre todo porque deben lidiar con el insoportable Derek Badger, el egocéntrico y torpe presentador del programa. Los problemas no se hacen esperar y la expedición emprendida para realizar el programa se convierte e

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