In the book Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen, there is a little boy by the name of Roy Eberhardt, who moves to a new state, which means new school, new friends, new neighbors, and new enemies. Roy has moved from Michigan to Miami, Florida. He gets teased often, and gets picked on by the big bully of the school, Dana Matherson. On Roy’s first day of school at Trace Middle School, Dana Matherson teases him and a few days later it gets worse as he tries to choke Roy, and as self-defense Roy punches Dana. This creates a huge commotion in the school, and as well as this, there are rumors around the school about Dana’s nose has getting replaced. While this is going on, there are kids suspected vandalizing a Mother Paula’s Pancakes’ construction site. Roy chases after a barefoot boy he has seen twice and soon finds out that it is Beatrice Leep, one of his classmate’s, step brother. One day Beatrice’s step brother gets bit by some wild dogs and has to get taken care of at the hospital, they give Roy’s name so Beatrice’s step brother’s identity doesn’t reveal or else his mother who is remarried, would find out and she would send him to juvenile hall so her husband doesn’t find out.