User:Apeyfoofoo2/Draft of Hoot

Plot Summary
Chapters 4-6 Roy's reputation in school has evolved into a tough kid after the wild event of breaking Dana Matherson's nose. Even with his unwanted new reputation, no one is more intimidating than Beatrice Leep. She's introduced to Roy as "Beatrice the Bear" in a private conversation with Garrett. Meanwhile, Officer Delinko falls asleep during watch duty on the construction site. He wakes to find his car windows painted black and the construction stakes ruined once again. The next day, Roy confronts Beatrice and tells her that if anything's bothering her to sit down and "talk about it like civilized human beings."

Roy decides to go after the mysterious barefoot boy and finds himself in an abandoned camp. He gets curious and dumps a bag of cotton-mouthed snakes at his feet. Considering his circumstance, Roy listens to the mysterious voice behind him to turn around and leave. He does not encounter the person behind him again until later in the novel.

Chapters 12-14 Roy is caught in his lie at the hospital. Mullet Fingers disappears from the emergency room. The doctor, Officer Delinko, and Mr. and Mrs. Eberhardt realize that Roy's name does not match the actual dog-bitten patient. Roy is immediately interrogated and answers truthfully that he "[does not] know the boy's name, and [does not] know where he is." Later, Roy makes known everything involving himself, Beatrice, Mullet Fingers, and Mother Paula's Pancake House to his parents. To Roy's amazement, they seem to understand his point of view about saving the owls.

In contrast to the trusting and loving relationship between Roy and his parents, Mrs. Leep refuses to allow Beatrice to leave the house. Instead she declares that "Miz Beatrice will be busy cleanin' the house. And the kitchen. And the bathrooms. And anything else [she] can think of."

Characters

 * Mr. and Mrs. Leep: Mr Leep is Beatrice's lazy father who is remarried to a temperamental waitress, Lonna Leep. The two contrast in personality.
 * Ms. Hennepin: The vice-principal of Trace Middle, she attempts to verbally discipline Roy on several occasions.
 * Roy Eberhardt: the new kid at Trace Middle who quickly makes an enemy of the school bully, Dana Matherson, and makes two unusual friends. One is the "major soccer jock with major attitude," Beatrice Leap. The other is her truant brother, Mullet Fingers.

Reception
The author Carl Hiaasen has a "slap-stick" sense of humor that is easy for young adults to enjoy. The novel contains many characters that have their own story and background to make the plot interesting. These individuals make known their proenvirontmental and prodevelopmental views and invite readers to see young persons' exceptional moral opinions of right and wrong.