Scat by Carl Hiaasen

One of Holden's 6th grade students requested that we review the book Scat by Carl Hiaasen. I've read this book and really liked it. The author does a good job with his characters and creates suspenseful plot settings. When Nick and Marta end up doing some detective work by breaking into their teacher's home, I was on the edge of my seat.  

Here's what School Library Journal said about the book, "When their unpopular biology teacher goes missing in a suspicious fire during a field trip to the Black Vine Swamp, Nick and Marta don't buy the headmaster's excuse for her absence and decide to do some investigating of their own. Eco-avengers; an endangered, hunted panther; illegal pipelines in the Everglades; and an underachieving student with the nickname "Smoke" all play a part in this gripping novel. From the first sentence, readers willbe hooked." 

So, what do you think?  Have you read it?  Did you like it?  Should the 6th grade boy who inquired about this book, take the time to read it too?  Let him know.