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''There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom'' is a juvenile fiction book from the author Louis Sachar. The title comes from a point when a character, Jeff, accidentally enters the girl's bathroom while trying to go to the school counselor's office and is horribly embarrassed by it. __NOTOC__ == Plot summary== Bradley Chalkers is the protagonist of the book. In his school, his teachers and classmates prefer to ignore him. He sits at the back of the class, last seat, last row, and never pays any attention, preferring to cut up pieces of paper, or partake in other mindless tasks which keep his mind off the lesson. He is proud whenever he receives an ''F'' on his class tests. He wants everyone to hate him, because he believes that they will then leave him alone. Everyone hates him, including the teachers. A new classmate, Jeff Fishkin, comes in from Washington, DC, and the only two remaining seats are the ones beside and in front of Bradley. Jeff tries to reason with Bradley, but fails, like everyone else. Then a counselor named Carla is appointed, and she cannot wait to meet Bradley. Carla says she wants to be friends with Bradley, and she begins to try to open him up and reveal his kind interior, which he has been trying to hide. Bradley refuses to come quietly, and his conflicting emotions with Carla and other people induces strife among his fellow schoolmates. As he meets with Carla more and more, he slowly decides to become a better person. He does his homework and forms better relationships with his parents. To help him with a book report, Carla loans him her favorite book, ''My Parents Didn't Steal an Elephant''. Bradley thinks that the book is magical and responsible for his changes. A subplot of the book involves Jeff and a girl named Colleen Verigold (described as having "red hair and a freckled face"), who seem to have crushes on each other. Bradley thinks girls are gross, and especially hates Colleen's best friend, the outspoken Lori. At the beginning of the book, Bradley becomes irritated with Jeff for saying "Hi" to Colleen whenever she says "Hi" to him. Later, Carla tells Jeff and Colleen that Zen Buddhist monks are required to say "Hi" to each other when they meet (as stated in J.D. Salinger's book ''Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction''). Later in the book, Bradley proves his friendship to Jeff by saying "Hi" to him. Towards the end of the book, as Carla helps Bradley change, he is invited to Colleen's birthday party, along with Jeff, and he even wins the party games, getting a harmonica as a prize. Unfortunately, Carla is not as popular with many parents of the students. Colleen's mother becomes angry with her for supposedly preaching religion (telling Jeff and Colleen about the Zen Buddhist monks) and counseling Colleen without permission. As a result, Carla is fired and becomes a kindergarten teacher. When he hears this, Bradley becomes very upset and threatens to revert to his original behavior. Although he misses saying goodbye to Carla, he does return to the school and finds a package she leaves for him. The package contains a goodbye note from her and her book. In the end, Bradley starts to come to terms with Carla's departure. He writes her a goodbye letter of his own and sends his most prized possession with it, a small china rabbit named Ronnie. 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「There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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