Weirdo

by Ben Spies, Robert Spies (Illustrator)

If your children love the funny stories by Dav Pilkey and the Tom Gates series they will enjoy this book.

Weirdo is written by a nine year old author from New Zealand who can't stop writing! Inspired by his favourite books - The Treehouse Series - Ben started writing his own stories to entertain his peers with an authentic voice only a child can have.

Weirdo is a story about a boy who recently lost his parents. He now lives by himself. He has no friends at school and everyone thinks he is weird... Well, there are some pretty weird things he does sometimes! But can Ugine be happy again?

Join him in this little sweet story about friendship, courage, determination and weird adventure!

​Ages: 7+

66 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2015

About the author

​Ben Spies is a young author living on the beautiful Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. Ben’s passion for writing led him to become a published author at the young age of nine with his first book, Weirdo. The Magic Pencil followed soon after at age ten, and The World of Greek Mythology at age eleven. Ben is thirteen years old now and is not showing any signs of slowing down. He has just published his fourth book and first sci-fi - 2020 - an action packed novel for older children and young teenagers.

Reviews

[Abbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

***Book Review***

Thank you to @spiespublishing for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Weirdo is Ben Spies first book, and he published it when he was just 9 years old!
It follows Ugine, a 'Weirdo', in a series of adventures.
This book is light hearted and easy to read. It's funny and silly and was a pleasure to read. Its aimed at children, so I struggled a little with the writing style at the start but would definitely suggest it for children, 4 stars.

[Catherine Pratt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story has 2 short stories and I thought the books were so funny and weird. It's cute weird stories. It's a good weird though. the names and settings in the stories were very unique. I think that alone made the stories so special. Plus the author wrote these books at a young age and he is a good author. I would read these stories again and again, it's that cute!!

I received a free copy of the book and is voluntarily writing a review

[SANDYE · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great job Ben

A great story by a young author. Adventure, heartache, endearing characters, overcoming ridicule and adversity, a heartwarming end! Brilliant job by a young author! Keep on writing Ben!!

[Beaulah McLean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing! My daughter and I loved it so much. It shows you that it's OK to be different. And such a bitter sweet ending!