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In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth grader Philip Malloy is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention.

九年级学生菲利普·马洛伊认识到，自己无法参加田径队，是因为英语成绩不及格。他确信娜温老师不喜欢他，于是设计了一个方案，想从她的班级里转出去：奏国歌时，他并没有“恭敬且安静”地立正站好，而是哼唱起来。伴随着接连发生的违纪事件，菲利普的父母自始至终都站在他这一边，无视他破坏学校规章制度的事实，而是把精力集中在爱国精神的问题上。菲利普和学校之间的冲突升级了，他很快便发现情况变得难以掌控；当地的社区领导和国家新闻媒体都被卷入进来。而在小说高歌猛进之际，小说戛然而止，揭露了一个让人心碎却又可信的真相。