Hoot Characters

You know how, in the cowboy movies your grandpa just loves to watch, there's always a strong, silent type who comes in from somewhere like Montana and solves the problems of the whole town?Yeah. Th...

We admit it. We've had some less-than-stellar nicknames. Our grandma called us Mousiekins. Our dad called up Scooter. Our older brother called us Ohmygodgetoutofmyroomyoubrat.But none of those is a...

We'll admit it: we totally want to be friends with Beatrice Leep.She's that dynamic combination of tough-as-nails and loyal as a golden retriever—a bruiser with a heart of gold who's willing to m...

Office Delinko dreams the big dream of being a detective: we're guessing he has a vision board with pictures of Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, and Miss Marple decorating his cubicle down at the s...

Don't be deceived. Unlike Mullet Fingers, Curly's name is totally deceiving: Curly is "bald as a beach ball" (1.20).Curly takes his job (supervising engineer of the construction site) very seriousl...

Oh, Dana. Why do you have to be a jerk of such immense proportions? Dana is the king bully at Trace Middle School…in addition to being a "well-known idiot" (1.13). Not the greatest claim to fame,...

In addition to being bangarang parents, Roy considers his mom and dad to be his best friends (16.78). In fact, they're the only examples of decent parenting in the entire book. While Mullet Fingers...

Another candidate for the strangest name in Hoot, Chuck E. Muckle is as gross as his name sounds. (Seriously. It sounds like a cat coughing up a hairball.) Roy thinks that this guy is "snooty-looki...

Garrett is Roy's first friend at Trace Middle School—he's sort of like the Robin to Roy's Batman. He's always looking out for Roy, especially when word about Roy punching Dana starts circulating...