Book Series · 16 Books

Rotten School Books

In order from The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! to Dumb Clucks.

Sixteen short comic novels follow fast-talking fourth-grader Bernie Bridges through schemes, rivalries, contests, and gross-out disasters at a very strange boarding school.

Reviewed by the Bookroo Editors Updated

The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!
The Great Smelling Bee
The Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy
Lose, Team, Lose!
Shake, Rattle, and Hurl!
Reading order

How to Read the Rotten School Books

Read from The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! through Dumb Clucks to follow Bernie's recurring friends, rivals, teachers, and increasingly elaborate schemes. Each school disaster has its own resolution, so an experienced reader can still pick up an individual volume.

The official R. L. Stine checklist numbers sixteen books. Similar school stories and Goosebumps titles are separate series, not missing Rotten School volumes.

Sources: R. L. Stine's official series checklist.

For parents

What Parents Should Know

Bernie is a deliberately unreliable troublemaker who lies, cheats, boasts, makes bets, and tries to outsmart classmates and adults. The comedy includes bullying, insults, bathroom and vomit jokes, food fights, pranks, and cartoonish scares. His plans usually backfire, but the books invite readers to laugh at the chaos more than to treat him as a behavior model.

Where to start

Where Should My Child Start?

Arrive at Rotten School with Bernie

Start with The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! to meet Bernie, his friends, and his rival Sherman Oaks before their running competitions and grudges pile up.

Where the story begins

First Book in the Series

The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!
Sale price
$574
Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2005

The Big Blueberry Barf-Off!

By Trip Park (Illustrator)

A pie-eating contest at Rotten School could win Bernie a coveted watch.

128 pages
$6.99Save 18%
Paperback
In reading order

Rotten School Series

16 books · Published 2005–2008

#4
Lose, Team, Lose!
#4 in Series
Sale price
$574

Lose, Team, Lose!

Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2005

A tough girl joins the boys' football team, risking everything for love and victory.

#6
The Heinie Prize
#6 in Series
Sale price
$2707

The Heinie Prize

Chapter Book · Ages 8–11 · 2006

Can Bernie help Belzer win the Heinie Prize and stay at Rotten School?

#9
Party Poopers
#9 in Series
Sale price
$2979

Party Poopers

Chapter Book · Ages 7–11 · 2006

Bernie must escape a dance date with the unshakable Jennifer. Can his gross-out plan succeed?

#11
Punk'd and Skunked
#11 in Series
Sale price
$674

Punk'd and Skunked

Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2007

Bernie must outsmart rich rivals with a clever invention to win a contest.

#13
Got Cake?
#13 in Series
Sale price
$1299

Got Cake?

Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2007

Bernie aims for popularity but faces unexpected birthday surprises.

#15
Calling All Birdbrains
#15 in Series
Sale price
$699

Calling All Birdbrains

Chapter Book · Ages 8–10 · 2007

A boy's luck depends on a parrot, but sharing it turns fortune into chaos. Can he reclaim his luck?

#16
Dumb Clucks
#16 in Series
Sale price
$699

Dumb Clucks

Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2008

Caught between Clucks and Quacks, Bernie must navigate a school divided by cartoon loyalties.

Good to know

Common Questions

How many books are in the Rotten School series?

There are 16 books in the Rotten School series. It began with The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! in 2005, and the newest book, Dumb Clucks, was published in 2008.

What order should you read the Rotten School books in?

Start with The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! and follow the series order — the books above are numbered #1 through #16.

What ages are the Rotten School books best for?

The series is best for ages 7–12, based on the age ranges of the individual books.

The people

The Creatives Behind the Books

The people who bring Rotten School to life.

01

Trip Park

Illustrator
TP
02

R.L. Stine

Author
RS

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