Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Main Characters
Roy Eberhardt
Roy Eberhardt is the new boy in Florida. He used to live in Montana, which he calls his "home" even though he was born in Detroit. Telling the others he was from Montana was not good, though, because is lead to endless teasing. The main bully, Dana Matherson, picked on him mercilessly, calling him names like "cowgirl" and "Tex". Roy, an experienced "new kid", wouldn't have thought this so bad if he could have been spared being strangled and slammed into the bus window. The bus driver didn't even notice.
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