Thomas Rockwell
Author of How to Eat Fried Worms
About the Author
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Works by Thomas Rockwell
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Rockwell, Thomas
- Birthdate
- 1933-03-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Arlington, Vermont, USA - Relationships
- Rockwell, Norman (father)
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Members
- 5,443
- Popularity
- #4,573
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 86
- ISBNs
- 104
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 1
Once we finished, I had them rate and review the book. They were asked to rate it between 1 and 5 stars, as well as provide an explanation for their rating.
The average rating was 3.73; I, therefore, rounded it up to 4 stars on this review.
Here are some of their comments:
3 stars: "I did not like the sound of eating worms. It gave me the chills but overall it was pretty good."
4 stars: " it was funny and entertaining but a little gross."
4 stars: " I liked it but didn't like that they are eating worms because I think it's DISGUSTING. Once they ate a live worm."
5 stars: "I liked the fight scenes."
5 stars: "I gave it 5 stars because it shows you that NOTHING is impossible..."
5 stars: "It was a great story about how friends can remain friends no matter what."
Written in 1973, I worried that it might be dated. It turned out not to be an issue, except that one student remarked, "$50 is not worth eating all those disgusting worms." (I agree!)
None of the ratings were lower than 3, so overall, the students enjoyed it. I did too.… (more)