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|color={{GS color}}
|corecolor={{GS color light}}
|bordercolor={{GS color dark}}
|name=Booker Hastings
|jname=ブッカー シンバラ
|tmname=Booker Shinbara
|slogan=no
|image=Booker.png
|size=110px
|caption=Art from Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
|gender=Male
|colors=yes
|eyes=Brown
|hair=White
|hometown=[[Cocona Village]]
|region=[[Oblivia]]
|relatives={{ra|Ralph}} (grandson), [[Professor Hastings]] (younger brother)
|trainer=yes
|trainerclass=[[Non-player character]]
|game=yes
|generation={{Gen|IV}}
|games={{g|Ranger: Guardian Signs}}
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|anime=no
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'''Booker Hastings''' (Japanese: '''ブッカー シンバラ''' ''Booker Shinbara'') is a resident of [[Cocona Village]] from [[Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]].

Booker, an expert carpenter, is first met shortly after the {{player}} washes up on [[Dolce Island]] where he was investigating [[Z.Z. Flyer|UFOs]] that were flying around the island. After he introduces himself, Booker offers to take the player to his home in Cocona Village in an unfinished boat of his. Booker has a grandson, [[Ralph (Ranger)|Ralph]], who also lives in Cocona Village. Later on in the story he is called upon to fix [[Renbow Island#Booker Bridge|Big Booker Bridge]] after the [[Pokémon Pinchers]] damage it.

He makes ships for a living along with his apprentice {{ra|Nick}}. In case the waves get high on [[Dolce Island]], he looks after the [[Pokémon]] unable to swim or fly by creating refuge boats on the island to keep them safe.  When the [[Pokémon Pinchers]] damage the [[Big Booker Bridge]], he notably repairs it in a short amount of time, which is attributed to him designed the bridge. One of his prized ships is [[The Union]], which later on in the game is docked at the [[Tilt Village]] harbor for the player to use. Another creation of Booker is [[Ukulele Pichu|Ukulele]] {{p|Pichu}}'s ukulele, which was made of spare ship material. He gave Pichu the ukulele as a token of his gratitude for making him feel better whenever he got tired of creating the boats on [[Dolce Island]]. Pichu's nickname of Ukulele Pichu was also given to it by Booker. Booker also assisted in evacuating the Pokémon from Dolce Island just before the [[Sky Fortress]] vaporized it.

==In the anime==
[[File:Booker anime.png|thumb|left|Booker, Ukulele Pichu and Ben in the anime]]
Booker briefly appears in a flashback in the special episode [[SS023]]. He is shown explaining to {{ra|Ben}} what happened to the Pokémon living on [[Dolce Island]] when the Pokémon Pinchers kidnapped them.

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