The Weirdo

by Theodore Taylor

Book Overview

Chip Clewt, known simply as the weirdo, lives like a hermit in the Powhatan Swamp, a National Wildlife Refuge that is at the center of a heated controversy between local hunters and environmentalists.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380720175
• ISBN13: 9780380720170
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: HarperTrophy
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

I give this book 5 stars

I like this book because it has great suspense and the characters seem like real people. I would recommend this book because it teaches you about how it's not what you look like on the outside, but who you are on the inside that counts. If you like a thrilling murder-mystery than you will love this book!

The weirdo

The book was well writen, a little slow reading at first but over all pretty good. Even if i was not made to read it i problably would've read it anyways. But if you have a choice what to read, read a book that also has cliff notes too, it helps if you want to fully understand the book.

The Weirdo is an excellent novel for the science classroom.

I have used The Weirdo with my eighth grade science students. I found it easy to incorporate environmental issues, ecology, math, language arts and local history/geography lessons using the book. In addition to the academic realm, the book teaches acceptable ways to deal with conflict, as well as how important it is to look past the physical or outward appearances of both people and the environment. It stresses the necessity of being open to educating ourselves on issues before forming opinions. I found the example of honesty in the story (Tom Telford's refusal to alter data to get a particular result) refreshing in light of some situations in our world today. With the trend in education moving more toward interdisciplinary units, I strongly recommend The Weirdo as a resource for the eighth grade classroom teacher.

I thought that The Weirdo was really interesting

I thought that The Weirdo was really interesting because I will love mysteries and other kinds of stories.

Great!

The Weirdo is a boy who got hurt in a car crash and is trying to save the bears, find a killer and he only has a girl to help him