How to Eat Fried Worms
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- For the film based on the book, see How to Eat Fried Worms (film).
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| The cover of How to Eat Fried Worms | |
| Author | Thomas Rockwell |
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| Original title (if not in English) | How to Eat Fried Worms |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Series | Children's Novel |
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| Media Type | Print () |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| Followed by | How to Fight a Girl |
How to Eat Fried Worms is the title of a children's novel written by Thomas Rockwell, first published in 1973. It was later turned into a CBS Storybreak episode in the mid-1980s, and a movie of the same name in 2006. Because of the novel's content, the idea of eating worms as part of a bet is thought to be disgusting by some, it has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 at number ninety six. [1]
[edit] Plot Summary
A boy named Billy makes a $50 bet that he can eat fifteen earthworms in fifteen days. He does this so he can finally buy a motorbike. He and his friend Tom devise several ingenious methods of making the worms more palatable, while the two boys who talked him into the bet, Alan and Joe, themselves try several ingenious schemes to make Billy lose the bet, such as bringing him to a baseball game to try to make him forget about the bet. However, Billy ultimately succeeds in eating all fifteen worms and gets his motorbike. The story continues in its sequel, How to Fight a Girl.
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