how to eat fried worms book by thomas rockwell

While the boys cook the first worm ' Le Big Porker' in the park they are chased by a park ranger for using a grill without adult supervision. The next day, Billy is teamed up with Adam. Billy knows that he cannot back out of the bet, so he accepts. Joe proposes a bet: Billy will eat ten worms on the coming Saturday without throwing up, or he will have to walk around the school with worms in his pants. Joe, Plug, and Benjy catch up with Billy as he heads home. A nerd named Adam Simms was sure that Joe was going to punch Billy with 'The Death Ring' it is rumored that whoever Joe punches it with dies in 8th grade. Billy says 'I eat them all the time', then throws a worm at Joe's face. Billy sits behind Erika Tansy, an unusually tall girl whom people make fun of.Īt lunch, Billy opens his thermos and pours out a pile of live earthworms. Plug and Bradley steal Billy's lunch box. She assures him he will make friends and everything will be okay.īilly becomes the target of the school bully, Joe Guire, his two 'toaders' Plug and Bradley, and the rest of his gang: Benjy, Techno-Mouth, Twitch, and Donny. Billy tells his mother he doesn't want to go to school because he will be 'the new kid'.

He and his parents, Mitch, Helen, and his little brother, Woody, have just moved to a new town. The film received mixed reviews from critics.īilly Forrester has a weak stomach and vomits easily. The film stars Luke Benward, Adam Hicks, Hallie Eisenberg, Austin Rogers, Andrew Gillingham, Alexander Gould, Blake Garrett, and Philip Daniel Bolden. It was also produced by Walden Media, and distributed by New Line Cinema.ĭevelopment began in 1998, and the theatrical release for the United States and Canada was August 25, 2006. It is loosely based on Thomas Rockwell's 1973 children's book of the same name. How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Bob Dolman and produced by Mark Johnson and Philip Steuer with music by Mark Mothersbaugh and Robert Mothersbaugh.

How to eat fried worms book by thomas rockwell