Weirdo's War

Daniel (Weirdo) enjoys his difference - his intelligence, his way of under-standing the world - despite being the butt of the bullies. Wanting reasonable answers is what leads him to make an enemy of the PE teacher, too, when he constructs a wonderful argument for not playing games outside in the winter. The book opens with Daniel and the bullies falling down a hole during an adventure week. The background to the bullying is told as a series of flashbacks and the resolution of the story depends on Daniel thinking his way through the problem. His strengths win this war. A book to highlight.