num_pages: 144
description: Because of a bet, Billy is in the uncomfortable position of having to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. The worms are supplied by his opponent, whose motto is "The bigger and juicier, the better!" At first Billy's problem is whether or not he can swallow the worm placed before him, even with a choice of condiments from peanut butter to horseradish. But later it looks as if Billy will win, and the challenge becomes getting to the worm to eat it. Billy's family, after checking with the doctor, takes everything in stride. They even help Billy through his gastronomic ordeal, which twists and turns with each new day, leaving the outcome of the bet continually in doubt.
language: English
title: How to Eat Fried Worms
titlecomplete: How to Eat Fried Worms
genres: Fiction, Juvenile, School, Humor, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Classics, Chapter Books, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 47316
series: Billy Forrester
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Iowa Children's Choice Award, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
publisher: Yearling