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The Weirdo

The Weirdo( )
Author: Taylor, Theodore
Series title:An Avon Flare Book Ser.
ISBN:978-0-380-72017-0
Publication Date:Aug 1993
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $5.99
Book Description:

They call Chip Clewt, who tracks bears, The Weirdo. But no one knows much about him. Only that he lives in the eerie swamp where Samantha Sanders found a body and where she saw another body get dumped. Finally, she meets The Weirdo, sees his scarred face, looks into his tortured soul, and becomes his friend. Together, they begin the nightmare search for the killer who has stalked innocent victims, through the murky waters and dangerous marshes of the swamp.

Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.11 x 8.11 x 1.11 Inches
Book Weight:0.3 Pounds
Author Biography
Taylor, Theodore (Author)
Author Theodore Taylor was born in Statesville, North Carolina on June 23, 1921. At the age of seventeen, he became a copyboy at the Washington, D. C. Daily News and was writing radio network sports for NBC in New York two years later. During World War II, he joined the merchant marines and earned a commission as an ensign in the U. S. Navy. He was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. In 1955, he became a press agent for Paramount Pictures and later became a story editor and an associate producer.

He has written over fifty fiction and non-fiction books for young adults and adults. He has received numerous awards for his works including the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for The Cay, the 1992 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery for The Weirdo, and the 1996 Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction for The Bomb. He died on October 26, 2006.

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