Hiaasen writes about the dangers to Florida's eco-system, packed into a fastpaced and often funny thriller. The same format applies to many of his adult novels, which are worth checking out as well.

Wolf Brother is the first of six books that not only offer a fast-paced and thrilling tale about the fight between good and evil, but create a highly plausible world with a complex set of rules that might well have worked 6,000 years ago.

This is a riveting tale with well-placed cliff-hangers. Plus there are little anecdotes and flashbacks giving insights into the way of life in northern Alaska - a wonderful way of learning about people who’ve survived and thrived for centuries at the end of the Earth

This is a well-researched vampire story based on numerous vampire myths from Eastern Europe and set in a grim village that can be vividly pictured in the mind’s eye.

Hiaasen, who has written a number of very entertaining thrillers for adults, has also given us a handful of YANs, all of which are set in Florida and deal with ecological topics wrapped in fast-paced adventure stories.