Boy Bites Bug

Reviewer extraordinaire, Izzy, is back this time with a review of the new book, Boy Bites Bug by Rebecca Petruck. Izzy shared that as soon as she started reading it she could not stop.  She had to force her brain to say, "No more!" Otherwise, she was going to stay up too late reading it.  Here's her summary:

"This book is about a boy named, Will.  At the beginning he is in the library with some of his friends. He's reading a book called, Wrestling for Dummies, when his friend dares him to eat one of the stinkbugs that were crowded on the wall. And his 'so called' friend said, 'Make the Mexican eat it. They eat bugs all the time.' [That's not good to say stuff like that.] So the people were saying how racist that was and were stomping on all the stinkbugs and it was a huge mess.  Will ate one and threw up, adding to the chaos. 

"The library ended up being shut down for the rest of the year. Will started to doubt his friendship with Darryl. Then Will gets the class to eat grasshoppers for a class project to show that it's normal to eat bugs. Then his friend, Eloy, tries to tell Will that his project was making fun of his culture and so not a good thing. Will lost yet another friendship and feels really bad for making that project.  He struggles with his decision about the project because on the one hand, he thinks it was terrible but then the on the other he thinks it wasn't that bad. 

"Eventually, he visits Eloy's house to apologize and he does.  But his next idea still includes bugs.  If kids donate $1 to a charity they get a treat with bugs in it like 'chocolate covered ants' or 'wax worm cookies'. [There are actually recipes for them in the back of the book.] Will said that if he raised $250 he would eat a scorpion.  Does he earn the money?

"Will Will show the kids in his school that eating bugs is normal and cool? Will he regain his friendship with Darryl? Crawl into this page turner of a book today."

This book has been out in the world for a month now.  According to Izzy, it's definitely one to add to your collection!