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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 1973 · Est. 2 hour read
How to Eat Fried Worms
By Thomas Rockwell, Emily Arnold Mccully (Illustrator)
Book #1 in the Billy Forrester series
A young boy is dared to eat 15 worms in 15 days for $50, leading to a series of humorous and tense events
144 pages· 15,178 words· Est. 2 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Billy faces a stomach-churning challenge: eat fifteen worms in fifteen days to win fifty dollars and his dream minibike. With each worm, he inches closer to victory, but Alan, his crafty opponent, has tricks up his sleeve to thwart Billy's success. Will Billy's determination and creative worm recipes be enough to overcome Alan's schemes and claim his prize? Dive into this quirky tale of guts, grit, and a grossly entertaining bet.
From the publisher
Billy isn’t one to back down from a bet.
But this one is gross: If he eats fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him fifty dollars. Billy takes the bet and tries worms smothered in ketchup, drowned in mustard, even breaded and fried.
Worm by worm, Billy gets closer to victory, and to buying the minibike he’s always wanted. But Alan won’t let him win that easily…
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 144
- Words
- 15,178
- Reading age
- 7–10
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 560L
What readers & critics say
Reviews
7.0
out of 7
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 3.5
- F&P level
- ~N
- AR points
- 2
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 174
Publication
- Published
- April 30, 2019
- First published
- January 1, 1973
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781338565898
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