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Summary
Summary
Bernie Bridges has it all figured out. April-May June--the hottest girl in the fourth grade--will ask him to the annual girl-invite-boy school dance. They'll dance the night away, and April-May June will totally fall for him.
There's only one problem: Reality. April-May June doesn't WANT to go with Bernie. She wouldn't go with Bernie even if he was the last guy on earth.
Then Jennifer Ecch--the Nightmare Girl--swoops in and asks Bernie to the dance. Yuck! How can he shake the unshakable Ecch?
Bernie has a plan. He'll convince Jennifer that he is lower than toe fungus and not worthy enough to go to the dance with her. But love is blind. Jennifer loves Bernie--no matter what.
So Bernie has no choice. The time has come to hold a long-distance snot-blowing contest right in front of Jennifer. That should be gross enough to get Jennifer out of his life--shouldn't it?
Author Notes
R. L. Stine was born in Columbus Ohio on October 8, 1943. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965. Under the name Jovial Bob Stine, he wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for kids including How to Be Funny, 101 Silly Monster Jokes, and Bozos on Patrol. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he worked on for ten years.
His first teen horror novel, Blind Date, was published in 1986 under the name R. L. Stine. His other works include Beach House, Hit and Run, The Babysitter, The Girlfriend, the Goosebumps series, and the Fear Street series. He also wrote an adult novel entitled Superstitious.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (1)
Horn Book Review
In books nine through twelve of the series, Bernie gets invited to an all-night party (Poopers), has a battle of wits with a new student (Rottenest), invents a winning project (Punk'd), and faces down a video game (Diddys). Stine continues to create predictable yet energetic plots, but that doesn't make up for the books' irritatingly bad jokes and flat characters. [Review covers these Rotten School titles: Battle of the Dum Diddys, Party Poopers, Punk'd and Skunked, and The Rottenest Angel.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Excerpts
Excerpts
Rotten School #9: Party Poopers Chapter One Go, Bernie! The sun was shining. Birds twittered in the apple trees. As I trotted across the sparkling, green lawn, I sang to myself, my new favorite song. . . . "I love Bernie Bridges, Bernie is the one who has fun. Go, Bernie! Go, Bernie! La-duh-da-duh-da whatever rhymes with Bridges." Yes, I was making it up as I went along. I always write songs in my head. And they're usually about one of my favorite people in the whole world--me. Come on, dudes--if you were popular and good-looking and smart--who would you sing about? And today I had a lot to sing about. For one thing, I love being at Rotten School. You poor thing. You probably have to go home every day after school. But Rotten School is a boarding school. I get to live at school in a dorm with all my friends--and no parents! Cool enough for you? Another reason I was singing: I was on my way to the girls' dorm to find April-May June. April-May June is the hottest, coolest, dreamiest, drooliest, babe-alicious girl on campus. She's my girlfriend. Only she doesn't know it yet. She doesn't have a clue that we were meant for each other. But she definitely can't resist me. Who can resist Bernie B.? "Go, Bernie! Go Bernie! La-la-la something that rhymes with Bernie . . . " Don't you wish you could write songs off the top of your head like that? Another reason I was singing? It was almost time for the party of the year. The All-Nighter. One of the great Rotten School traditions. Maybe you guessed from the name--the party goes all night long! We don't go to sleep till the sun comes up. "Go, Bernie! Go Bernie! I knew April-May wanted to spend that special night with only one special person--Bernie B. So I was trotting across the Great Lawn. I sang to myself and watched the girls come out of their tall, white dorm. Suddenly I heard a deafening cry behind me: "Duck! Bernie--duck!!" Huh? I stopped singing and hit the ground hard. Rotten School #9: Party Poopers . Copyright © by R.L. Stine. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. Excerpted from Party Poopers by R. L. Stine All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
