Author - Thomas Rockwell
Illustrator - Emily McCully
Publisher - Yearling, 1973.
Page #'s - 127
Rating - 2.5/5
How to Eat Fried Worms has been a banned book. It is the story of four young boys and a bet. One boy, Alan, bets his friend, Billy, that he cannot eat fifteen worms. Billy slowly begins to eat one worm every day. Alan and his friend, Joe, try to cheat and trick Billy so they will not lose the bet. But Billy always figures it out and somehow manages to get all fifteen worms down and wins the $50 bet in the end.
This was a banned book because people were afraid that the book would encourage children to eat worms or make similar bets as in the story. It is also a very gross book with all the details of the big squirming worms. I read this book as a child and enjoyed it a lot, but I did not care for it so much as an adult. It did not gross me out, but it is just not written that well. I do not agree that it should be banned, it is just a little gross is all.
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