Scat - by Carl Hiaasen

This FABULOUS and engaging story features one of the oddest and most interesting group of characters that I have ever encountered.  The ultra-strict teacher who goes missing, the teenage delinquent who people suspect has done something terrible to his teacher, two brave kids, wild dude living in the Everglades, and then all the bad guys.  Luckily, Mr. Hiaasen is an author who believes that the bad guys should get what they deserve, so the reader will finish this book with a broad grin and a sense of justice accomplished.

Read this if you love mysteries, adventures, wilderness, saving endangered species, kids outsmarting nasty adults, Florida (especially the Everglades and other swamps), or AMAZING writing.  I've read every book the author has written for adults or children, and this was my favorite so far.