Hoot: Part 3

By CARL HIAASEN

Roy was sure that the barefoot boy would catch all kinds of grief from Dana and other big kids once he boarded the bus, but that didn't happen...

Because the boy kept running - past the corner, past the line of students waiting to get on the bus; past the bus itself. Roy wanted to shout, 'Hey, look at that guy!' but his mouth wasn't working so well. Dana Matherson still had him from behind, pushing his face against the window.

As the bus pulled away from the intersection, Roy hoped to catch another glimpse of the boy farther up the street. However, he had turned off the sidewalk and was now cutting across a private yard - running very fast, much faster than Roy could run and maybe even faster than Richard, Roy's best friend back in Montana. Richard was so fast that he got to work out with the high school track squad when he was only in seventh grade.

Publisher: Macmillan

Price: $16.95

Age group: 8-12 yrs


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