Wagner as Mayor Grandy, Cody Linley as Napoleon Leep, and Clark Gregg as Chuck Muckle while Hiaasen portrays Muckle's assistant Felix. Hiaasen and Wil Shriner, the director and script-writer, "fought long and hard to stay truthful to the book." Notes References Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. Yearling: New York, 2002. External links Carl Hiaasen's Website Study Guide for "Hoot" 2002 American novels 2002 children's books American young adult novels Newbery Honor-winning works Eco-terrorism in fiction Environmental fiction books Novels set in Florida Novels by Carl Hiaasen American novels adapted into films Alfred A. Knopf books Fiction about animal cruelty Bullying in fiction Third-person narrative novels