Now, I've read the book Go Eat Worms! more than once, and I must say, I find it to be superbly intriguing, as well as highly inspiring too.

For one, the 12-year-old protagonist, Todd Barstow, sure is quite something, because of his being serious sometimes (except when he uses his worms as part of a practical joke on his sister Regina and her best friend, Beth Baker). Todd's best friend Danny Fletcher has red hair and is said to look more like the person who could be the joking type.

If I had to choose one or more than one scene from this awesome book, I know I'd pick these scenes for sure:

I'm going to stay calm, he decided.
They're only worms, after all. And I like worms. I collect worms. I'm a worm expert.
He returned to the building, frowning fretfully.
If I'm such an expert, he asked himself, why can't I explain how the worms are following me everywhere?
When he took out his math notebook an hour later, he found a mass of long purple worms crawling around near the binding and between the pages.
The kids sitting near him saw them and started pointing and screaming.
"Todd," Mr. Hargrove, the math teacher, said sternly, "I think we saw enough of your worms at the Science Expo. I know you're attached to them. But do you have to bring them to math class?"
Everyone laughed. Todd could feel his face growing hot.
"Todd's saving them for lunch!" Danny exclaimed from two rows behind him.
Everyone laughed even louder.
Thanks a bunch, Danny, Todd thought angrily. He scooped the worms up, carried them to the window, and lowered them to the ground. (p. 81-82)

Todd didn't eat. He stared thoughtfully at the peanut butter covered with smears of grape jelly. "They're going to drive me totally crazy," he muttered.
"What?" Danny asked with a mouthful of sandwich.
"Nothing," Todd replied. His head itched. He pulled off his cap and reached up to scratch it. He expected to find a worm in his hair. But there wasn't one.
Every time he opened his bookbag, he expected to find worms. Every time he ate a meal, he expected to see a worm bobbing or wriggling or crawling or swimming through his food.
He was starting to imagine worms everywhere. Everywhere.

Todd had dinner at Danny's that night. Danny's mother served fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Then she and Danny's father argued all through dinner about where to go on their vacation, and whether or not they should save the money and buy a couch instead.
Danny seemed really embarrassed about his parents' loud arguing.
But Todd didn't mind it at all. He was so happy to relax and eat and not worry about finding any long, purple worms on his plate or in his glass.
He and Danny went up to Danny's room and played video games for a few hours after dinner. Danny had a game called Worm Attack. Todd made him bury it deep in the closet. (p. 84-85)

The weekend passed slowly. Todd and Danny went to a movie on Saturday. It was a comedy about space aliens trying to run a car wash. The aliens kept getting confused and washing themselves instead of the cars. In the end, they blew up the whole planet.
Danny thought it was very funny. Todd thought it was dumb, but funny.
On Sunday, Regina came home from Beth's. The whole family drove upstate to visit some cousins.
"It was a no-worms weekend," Todd told Danny over the phone after dinner on Sunday evening.
"Way to go!" Danny replied enthusiastically.
"Not a single worm," Todd told him, twisting the phone cord around his wrist.
"So are you going ahead with your plan?" Danny demanded.
"Yeah. Sure," Todd said. "I have to. They just took the weekend off. For sure. Tomorrow is school. That means more worms in my backpack, in my books, in my lunch."
"Yuck," Danny murmured on the other end of the line. (p. 96-97)

It rained the next morning. Todd didn't even notice as he walked slowly to school. His thoughts were darker than the storm clouds over his head.
He dropped his jacket in his locker and pulled out his Trapper-Keeper. Stuffing it into his rain-drenched backpack, he spotted Danny.
As planned, Danny was waiting outside the classroom door. Waiting to hear how Todd had solved the worm mystery.
Well, I guess Danny will just have to be disappointed, too, Todd thought glumly. (p. 107)

Todd tossed all of his worms into the garden that afternoon. He told everyone he never wanted to see a worm again. (p. 117)

Anyway, I highly recommend this book for those fans of the original Goosebumps series out there, and I give it five stars as well (although ten stars would be even better). 🏆😊