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How to Eat Fried Worms — Thomas Rockwell
Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

How to Eat Fried Worms

a novel by Thomas Rockwell
Billy takes a wild bet: to win fifty dollars and a shiny minibike, he must eat fifteen worms in fifteen days — one worm a day. With his loyal friend Tom cooking up ways to make each worm bearable, and his rivals Alan and Joe scheming to make him fail, the contest becomes a hilarious battle of stomach and will. A beloved, laugh-out-loud classic about friendship, determination, fair play, and the discovery that ‘disgusting’ is mostly in the mind. Each Part workbook has vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, and writing, plus science and life-skills background lessons.
Level 2Interactive & auto-gradedCLIL-based
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Level 2 · Confident ReadersUS Grades 3–4Lexile 470–910LAR 3.3–5.6
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The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
🦠 The Science of Worms
What earthworms really are — how they live, move, and enrich the soil, and why a cooked worm is safe (even nourishing) to eat.
SUPPORTING
🧠 The Psychology of Disgust
How much of ‘gross’ is learned rather than real, and how facing a fear again and again can quietly change it.
SUPPORTING
🤝 Fair Play & Friendship
Why agreed rules make a contest count — and how a loyal friend can help you through a hard thing.
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