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The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! (Rotten School #1)

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This is the first in a new series from beloved children's author R. L. Stine of Goosebumps fame. Bernie Bridges wants Sherman Oaks' fancy new watch. How will he get it? He challenges the residents of Sherman's residential home to a pie eating contest. They will pick a representative for them and Bernie's group will choose a person to represent them. Of course, Bernie has a secret plan. Will it work? You will have to read the book to find out. The Big Blueberry Barf-Off will appeal to most school kids between 8 and 12 years of age. A departure from the Goosebumps style it is a good read filled with descriptions of the gross and messy stuff children that age like to read about while still providing an interesting story with plenty of twists and turns. This series should appeal to boys where other titles often fail.

There are not enough good books out there for boys to read & spark there interest, but these did it. They loved the characters & their funny names. They were begging me to buy the rest in the series & I did. Try these out, you won't be disappointed.

I got this book back in 2005 when the series started. Personally, I think this is a very good book if you enjoy mysteries and smart stories. I think this book is a great start for a book series because you keep wanting to read on and on when you start to read it. In fact, I finished this book just in TWO days because I enjoyed it so much. As a fan of this book series for two years, I really recommend other kids to read this wonderful series. It has a lot of very funny and smart scenes.



The series is basically about a fourth grader named Bernie Bridges who got sent to a boarding school called Rotten School. There in the campus, he often gets in trouble. Also, he has a huge crush on a girl called April May June, so he often tries to get her attention and impress her. There are two dorms for the boys-"Nyce House" and "Rotten House". Rotten House is where Bernie and his friends stay at and Nyce House is where Bernie and his friends' enemies stay at. The two sides have a rivalry, so they often compete against each other in events.



That's basically all I can tell you right now because I don't want to spoil anything for you.

The Book I Chose was Rotten school The bigbluebarf. I Likes it because they started a food fight because a new kid likes this new girl and he gets jesious also because of a new watch.that he as peter as two slaves this is why I like it because of The charariters and pictures.

My son who is 9 years old can not get enough of this series. He has read books 1 through 13 and wants more! He usually reads one of these books in about two days. The characters are so well developed and the situations they get into are hilarious. These books are clever and fun. It's unbelievable to me that they are written by the same person who wrote the Goosebumps series which my son definitely does not care for. Get this book for your child, but watch out--you'll never be able to get just one--they'll be begging you to buy the entire series.

Another great series of books for RL Stine. These keep kids attention and have them coming back for more. If you are trying to get your kids into Chapter books, then get these. They are entertaining and funny and most of them if not all are worth AR points. They are a fun read, so good your little will probably have it read before the end of the day. That is a great accomplishment for a child to read a chapter book in less than a day. These are super funny, cool, and entertaining and all the kids LOVE them.

Every day one of my third grade students, Junior, comes over to me. "Do you have any more of those Rotten School books, Ms. Elias? They're just so good! I can't stop reading them!" This is a child with learning disabilities, who until now hadn't seemed to experience that reading could be fun - and now he's full of enthusiasm. To be honest, the charm of the books is lost on me, but hey, I'm a grown-up. But anything that gets a reluctant, struggling reader fired up about books is worth buying! It's not just Junior who's a fan, however; several of my stronger readers, and even some of my girls, like them too. So, grit your teeth, and get this series for the favorite third graders in your life.

I was looking for some books on type for a long car trip for my daughter and me. I grabed this hopping she would like it. Well she LOVED it. She is up to #9 in the series. She loves the play on words. Some girls may not like this type of humor but most boys will. R.L. Stine has done it again!

My nephew and I had so much fun with this book. He read it out loud to me and we both found it hilarious. The characters, their names, the situations, all of it was hysterical and the book's resolution is perfect. Loved it. Off to order Rotten School book #2.