Scat (novel)

{{short description|2009 novel by Carl Hiaasen}}

{{More citations needed|date=May 2009}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Scat

| author = Carl Hiaasen

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| image = Scat cover.jpg

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| illustrator = Unknown

| country = United States

| language = Spanish/English

| genre = Realistic fiction

| publisher = Knopf

| release_date = 13 Jan 2009

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| media_type = Print (Hardcover or paperback)

| pages = 371

| isbn = 0-375-83486-9

| oclc= 53393228

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Scat is a teenage novel by Carl Hiaasen, published in 2009. Scat, Hiaasen's third young adult novel, tells the story of a missing teacher named Mrs. Bunny Starch, and how two of her students, Nick Waters and Marta Gonzalez, stumble across an illegal operation by the Diamond Energy corporation on protected land for panthers while trying to find her. The book is available in over 1,000 libraries{{cite web|last=Guild |first=Graphics |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=scat&qt=results_page |title=Results for 'scat' |publisher=Worldcat.org |access-date=2013-05-03}} and was well-received when it came out, with a positive review in The New York Times.{{cite news|last1=Pogue|first1=David|title=Where the Wild Things Are Victims|work=The New York Times |date=13 February 2009 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/books/review/Pogue-t.html|access-date=18 November 2015}}

The cover of Scat was created by Isabel Warren-Lynch{{Cite book|last=Hiaasen|first=Carl|title=Scat|publisher=Ember|year=2011|isbn=978-0-375-83487-5}} The audiobook of Scat was narrated by Ed Asner, who was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the work.{{cite web | url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/43322/scat-by-carl-hiaasen-read-by-edward-asner/ | title=SCAT by Carl Hiaasen Read by Edward Asner | Audiobook Review }}{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/100|title=Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Spoken Word Album For Children|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=January 9, 2022}}

Carl Hiaasen is the author of other notable children's fiction novels, including Flush, in over 2,500 libraries.{{cite book|title=Flush (Book, 2005) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |oclc = 58478891}} and Hoot, in over 3,200 libraries.{{cite book|title=Hoot (Book, 2002) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |oclc = 49415742}} He received the Newbery Honor for Hoot in 2003.{{cite web|last1=MacPherson|first1=Karen|title=Children's Corner: Carl Hiaasen's 'Scat'|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2009/02/24/Children-s-Corner-Carl-Hiaasen-s-Scat/stories/200902240145|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=18 November 2015}} Like Hoot and Flush, Scat takes place in Florida.