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How to Eat Fried Worms is a children's book written by Thomas Rockwell, first published in 1973. The novel's plot involves a boy eating worms as part of a bet. It has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association's list of most commonly challenged books in the United States of 1990–2000 at number 96.[1] It was later turned into a CBS Storybreak episode in the mid-1980s, and a movie of the same name in 2006.
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Thomas Rockwell |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Emily McCully |
| Language | English |
| Series | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Franklin Watts |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 115 |
| Followed by | How to Fight a Girl |
The story continues in two sequels: How to Fight a Girl and How to Get Fabulously Rich.
Plot summary
editAlan bets his friend, Billy Forrester, that he can't eat 15 worms in 15 days. Billy, who needs money to buy a minibike, agrees to the bet only if Alan will pay him $50 for the win. Their friend Tom says he'll assist Billy, while another friend, Joe, sides with Alan. They search for worms near Billy's family farm and come up with a handful of night crawler earthworms the size of large pencils. As Billy nears victory, he faces a flurry of nasty tricks and traps that go wildly out of control. Despite all this Billy wins the bet, and as a consequence is now hooked on worms.
See also
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References
edit- ↑ "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000". ALA. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2011.