The main setting in the novel Hoot is in Coconut Cove, Florida, a small town. The main character Roy often compares his new home in Florida to his old home in Montana. The specific settings referenced in Roy's town are his school, Trace Middle School, the construction site where the burrowing owls live, and Roy's home. Other locations include a nearby wooded area by a dump where Mullet Fingers lives in an ice cream truck and a golf course where Mullet Fingers hides. The construction site, where they plan to build the pancake house, is next to the golf course. This makes it convenient for Mullet Fingers to carry out acts of vandalism that are meant to save the burrowing owls by inconveniencing the construction workers and postponing construction plans.
Listing all of the settings is going to be a bit tough. There might be some really minor locations that a reader might consider a setting that other readers would not consider a setting location. For example, at one point in the book, Roy is riding in a school bus. I would like to focus on the main settings of the book.
The broad setting is Coconut Grove, Florida. The story then takes place within smaller, more specific locations within that city. Roy goes to school at Trace Middle School. His home is also a setting location throughout the book. A nearby forest is another location, and this is where Mullet Fingers lives. A fourth and final main location is the construction site where the new pancake house-style restaurant is being built.
What are the settings for each chapter of Hoot?
Since an educator has already provided you with the plots of each chapter here, I will just concentrate on settings for those chapters.
Chapter One: Events occur on Roy's school bus, a future site of Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House, and the cafeteria at Trace Middle School. All three locations are in Coconut Cove, Florida.
Chapter Two: Events occur on Roy's school bus, a golf course, vice-principal Viola Hennepin's cubicle office at Trace Middle School, and the school cafeteria.
Chapter Three: Events occur at the same construction site from Chapter One, Roy's home, and the Coconut Cove police station.
Chapter Four: Events occur at Trace Middle School, the construction site, the Trace Middle School cafeteria, and the outside of Dana Matherson's house.
Chapter Five: Events occur at Roy's home, a camp-site in the pine woods, and the same golf course from Chapter Two.
Chapter Six: Events occur at Roy's home, the Coconut Cove police station, the golf course, and briefly, the construction site.
Chapter Seven: Events occur at a junkyard full of wrecked cars (where Roy finally discovers that Mullet Fingers is Beatrice's brother), Officer Delinko's squad car, and Roy's home.
Chapter Eight: Events occur at Roy's home, the school bus, and the construction site.
Chapter Nine: The main events occur at Trace Middle School (specifically in the classroom and the janitor's closet, where Dana beats up Roy).
Chapter Ten: Events occur at Roy's house and the construction site. In this chapter, Roy discovers that Mullet Fingers has been trying to save the burrowing owls at the construction site.
Chapter Eleven: Events occur on the grounds of the construction site, a trailer on the construction site (where Curly is on a stakeout to catch the vandals), and Roy's home.
Chapter Twelve: Events occur at the emergency room hospital, where Beatrice and Roy have taken Mullet Fingers.
Chapter Thirteen: The main events occur at Roy's home. Here, Roy's father discusses the burrowing owls and Mullet Finger's family situation with Roy. Later, Roy's mother reiterates her faith in Roy's judgment.
Chapter Fourteen: The main events occur at Beatrice's home, Dana Matherson's home, the panel truck at the junkyard (where Mullet Fingers sleeps at night), and an old stone-crab boat called the Molly Bell, where Mullet Fingers tells Roy how he got his nickname and why his relationship with his mother is strained.
Chapter Fifteen: The main events occur at Dana Matherson's house, Curly's trailer at the construction site (where he's set up rat traps), and the road where Officer Delinko arrests Dana.
Chapter Sixteen: The main events occur at Roy's home, Curly's trailer at the construction site, and the Everglades, where Roy spends time with his parents.
Chapter Seventeen: The main events occur at Roy's home, Trace Middle School, the Coconut Cove police station, the juvenile detention center (where Officer Delinko interrogates Dana), the construction site (where Roy confronts Curly about the owls), and the City Hall building and zoning department (where Roy insists on seeing the construction permits for Mother Paula's Pancake House).
Chapter Eighteen: The main events occur at the construction site (where Officer Delinko almost runs over a baby burrowing owl), Vice-Principal Viola Hennepin's office, and Mr. Ryan's classroom at Trace Middle School.
Chapter Nineteen: The main events occur at the construction site, the location of the groundbreaking ceremony.
Chapter Twenty: The main events occur at at the construction site during the groundbreaking ceremony. Students from Trace Middle School join in the protest against the construction project.
Chapter Twenty-One: The main events occur at Roy's home, where he is questioned by a reporter about the protests at the groundbreaking ceremony. Roy also discovers that the E.I.S. (Environmental Impact Statement) is missing from the construction company's permit file.
Epilogue: The main events occur at Roy's home, the construction site, and the crab boat at the secret creek Roy previously visited with Mullet Fingers.
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