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''Hoot'' is a 2002 young-adult novel by Carl Hiaasen. The story takes place in Florida, where new arrival Roy makes two oddball friends and a bad enemy, and joins an effort to stop construction of a pancake house which would destroy a colony of burrowing owls who live on the site. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2003 Newbery Medal and Honor Books )〕 ==Plot== Roy Eberhardt moves to Florida and into the town of Coconut Cove (Coconut Creek) where Dana Matherson starts to bully him. On his way to school, and inside the bus, Roy sees a boy running barefoot outside. Roy tries to leave the bus, but Dana chokes and strangles him. He escapes after punching Dana in the face, breaks Dana's nose, and then exits. But Roy can't catch the running boy because a golf ball hits Roy in the head. The school suspends him from the bus for two weeks and orders Roy to write an apology to Dana. Roy calls for a truce, but Dana refuses. Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House decides to build a franchise in Coconut Cove, but vandalism delays the work. Roy learns the running boy is the vandal known as "Mullet Fingers", and they become friends. Mullet Fingers vandalizes and delays construction to save an endangered species—the burrowing owl—that live on the site. The construction foreman denies the owls' existence. Roy helps Mullet Fingers prove otherwise and tells his class about the owls, how construction will kill the endangered species, and encourages his classmates to join him in protests. Roy and his classmates attend the ground breaking and expose the truth. This includes the company's illegal removal of an environmental impact statement from their files. This revelation saves the owls and their habitat. Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House blames former employees and promises to preserve the property as an owl sanctuary. Mullet Fingers's mother sees him protesting with Roy and his classmates and takes her son home. Two days later, Mullet Fingers climbs out his home's bathroom window and is mistaken for a burglar. Mullet Fingers's mother lies to the police and says he stole a ring. They believe her, and he's sent to a juvenile detention center. He escapes. Afterwards, Roy discovers Mullet Fingers's real name is Napoleon Bridger. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hoot (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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