| | Weirdo (Avon Flare Book) |  | Author: Theodore Taylor
Publisher: Tandem Library
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 3365204
Media: School & Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0785714219
EAN: 9780785714217
ASIN: 0785714219
Publication Date: October 1999
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 Theodore Taylor could have done better May 11, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Weirdo was not one of my favorite books I have ever read. I dont think that Theodore Taylor did an outstanding job on this book, but dont get me wrong because Theodore Taylor has alot of great books and I am a big fan of his. Theodore Taylor did alot of jumping around in time on this book and I got a little confused while I was reading. I would not recomend this book. This is totally my opinion, but someone else that reads this book may like it.
The Weirdo February 23, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Avon Books Inc., 1991, 221 pg., $5.99
ISBN 0-380-72017-5
The Weirdo
By: Theodore Taylor
Have you ever met someone who is so weird that you actually gave him the nickname, "The Weirdo"? There is a teenager, Chip Clewt, who lives near the swamp and doesn't come out in public. He has terrible scars on his face from a plane crash when he was young. For these reasons, the people of the town call him "The Weirdo." Samantha, a girl in the town, finds a body in swamp near her home and is positive "The Weirdo" must have killed him. Sam gets lost in the swamp chasing after a dog, and ends up at the Clewt's house. She meets Chip, "The Weirdo", and realizes that he couldn't have killed the man she found in the swamp. If not Chip, then who? Together, they set out to find the killer.
I was enticed from the first scene; I loved it. Theodore Taylor made me feel I was on the hunt with them. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves suspense.
 Worthwhile Quick Read December 10, 2004
I read this book because I'm a Battle of the Books coach at my school. My daughter had called it boring and slow, I read the other reviews that were not complimentary. Needless to say, I wasn't looking forward to it. Having just finished it, I thought it was an unusual, worthwhile book. It touched on several topics most youth would find interesting, like self image, and finding one's own voice and courage to stand up for what one believes in. Maybe you have to be an adult to appreciate it. The only criticism I might have is the conflict was wrapped up quickly on the last couple pages. But maybe I'm used to reading adult books that go on forever with explanations.
Swamp November 9, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
First of all if you don't like books that go from one time to another time back to it's last time you will not like this book. This book hooks you into it in the beginning the lose's you towards the middle. Once you get to the end after a hundred pages you get right back into it. This book is more of a mystery than a horror. This book has only three scary parts that last a couple of pages. The two main characters in this book are Samantha (Sam) and Chip (Weirdo). They work together to save the bears of the swamp and to find out who killed Alvin Howell who Sam found dead when she was little and who killed Thomas Telford who was Chip's friend and someone who he helped wih the bears.
Confusing but an OK book February 26, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Weirdo
By: Theodore Taylor The book I read was "The Weirdo," by Theodore Taylor. Its about this weirdo that falls in love for the care of bears and wants to extend the ban another 5 years. This is a Fiction book. The time it takes place is somewhere in the 1990`s. It takes place in a dark moist swamp. It also takes place at Sam`s home inside and out, and at the hunters meeting that Sam`s father, the Bo`sun, conjured up. The meeting was to try and convince people that they should kill the bears since they strip and ruin their juicy apple trees and destroy their beautiful yard.
Sam is a brave shy girl who is 16 years old. She had recently met a boy named Chip. They met by Sam yelling she was up on the roof. After she got over the shock of seeing his scarred face all the time, they became very close friends. Chip has been helping a graduate student, Tom Telford, from NC State, keep track of the bears. When he learns there are hardly any more bears left in the community, he decides he wants to try and extend the ban another 5 years before the hunters hunt and kill all the bears left. Then one day when Tom was heading through the swamp to visit his girlfriend, a poacher kidnapped him and supposedly murdered him. Sam thinks there might be a connection between Tom Telford and Alvin Howell. As you can see, Sam and Chip are very important characters in the story.
I think other kids and adults should read "The Weirdo" because it is a pretty good book to read and has a lot of suspense in it. The author put a lot of detail into the book so that we could understand parts of the book we didn't understand, like, he had to know a lot of information about bears and how to capture them in traps. Thats why I think people who like stories with lots of suspense, detail, and emotion should read this book.
My favorite part was towards the end of the book. It was when Sam`s Uncle Jack and Aunt Peaches came back from their vacation and started yelling their heads off at her because of the condition Buck (their dog) was in. That is my favorite part of the book. Thanks for using your time to read this!
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