Audio Book Description:
Roy Eberhardt is used to the new-kid drill. His family has lived all-over,andFlorida bulliesare pretty much like bullieseverywhere. But Roy finds him-self oddly indebted to the hulking Dana Matherson. If Dana hadn`t been mashing his face against the school bus window, Roy might never have spotted the runningboy. And the running boy is thefirst interesting thing Roy`sseen in Florida.The boy was about Roy`s age, but he was runningaway from the school bus. He hadno books, no backpack, and no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy`s trail. The chase will introduce him to some other intriguingFloridian creatures: potty-traind alligators, a sinister pancake PR man, some burrowing owls, a fake-fart champion, a renegade eco-avenger, andseveral extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails. Life in Floridais looking up.