How to Eat Fried Worms

For the film based on the book, see How to Eat Fried Worms (film).
How to Eat Fried Worms

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Author Thomas Rockwell
Language English
Series Children's novel
Publisher Franklin Watts
Publication date
1973
Media type Print
Pages 115
Followed by How to Fight a Girl

How to Eat Fried Worms is a children's book written by Thomas Rockwell, first published in 1973. The novel's plot involves a couple students eating worms as part of a bet. As this idea is thought to be disgusting by some, 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.

The story continues in two sequels: How to Fight a Girl and How to Get Fabulously Rich.

Plot summary

Alan challenges Billy to eat 15 worms in 15 days. The winner gets $50. Tom prepares the worms in a variety of ways to make them more appetizing, using condiments such as ketchup, mustard, horseradish, and maple syrup. His parents eventually find out about the bet, which he ultimately wins. All the worms he eats in the book are nightcrawlers. At one point, Tom tries to get Billy to give him pudding he isn't supposed to have.

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