Shake, Rattle & Hurl!

Rotten School #5

by R.L. Stine, Trip Park

Chipmunk is so shy ...

... he even plays guitar in the closet so he won't disturb anyone. But he may just be the best rock 'n' roll guitarist of all time!

Now Bernie Bridges needs him to win the annual Talent contest for Rotten School House.

HINT:
He just needs to conquer his stage fright to win ...

WARNING:
Stand well back and see how he hurls!

Genres: Childrens, Humor, Horror

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.

R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.

Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.

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Reviews

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rotten School: Shake, Rattle, & Hurl is a fun story about the Rotten School and Bernie Bridges. Bernie is trying to impress his crush, April-May June, by winning the talent show over Wes Updood. R.L. Stine does well at creating fun imaginative books that are still rooted in reality on a certain level with what it feels like to be a kid. The names of Stine’s characters are always fun, random, and creative. The illustrations are all heavily accenting different kid features, and they are quite overexaggerated but that makes it fun for kids to connect with and understand.

[merr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bernie Bridges and his wild days at Rotten School continue with even more shenanigans. When Bernie B finds out that winning the talent show means getting backstage passes to meet the Plopps sisters at their upcoming concert, Bernie won’t stop until he gets his hands on them. The only issue is, he doesn’t know anybody with any talent. Follow along as he tries to find ridiculously hilarious acts that are good enough to win the talent contest. The book is funny and it has some cool illustrations throughout. You really can’t ever go wrong with R.L. Stine books, worth a try!

[Nam · Rating 5 out of 5]

To me, this is the best Rotten School so far. Bernie actually does something decent (although for the wrong reasons,) and Chipmunk ends up gaining some confidence.

[Alfredo Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

My book is about 3 friends that they are going to participate in a talent show but,there is a kid name Wes Updood that he is the coolest one in the school and he touches the saxophone so good and they their not going to let him him the talent show.I like this book because I'm interested in talent's shows.

[B.J. Burgess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though Bernie Bridges schemes, tricks and cheats to get what he wants, he is a fun character to read about. He reminds of Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell, but only more devious. I'm sure almost every school has had some sort of talent contest, so the plot will appeal to younger readers. Overall, Rotten School: Shake, Rattle, & Hurl! is another fun entry in the series with hilarious jokes and fun illustrations.

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sean really liked this. We read it over three evenings. It's infantile and almost definitely for boys rather than girls.

Here, the hero of the series (Bernie Bridges) does whatever it takes to win a talent contest and go to see The Plopps in concert. Chipmunk, the star guitarist of Rotten House, does his best not to throw up while helping Bernie. But is he helping?

[Lacie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bernie needs to win the talent show to get tickets to a concert, so he recruits a young boy, Chipmunk. Chipmunk is a great guitarist, but hurls on stage-stage fright. This one wasn't as good as the other Rotten School book I read, but it was still enjoyable-same kind of humor, and definitely gross enough for young boys to love these books!

[Liban · Rating 4 out of 5]

bernie is looking for a talented person to help him win the talent show so april may can go out with him so he finds this talented shy kid at rotten school but the kid doesn,t like to play around crouds but at the end of the day bernie helps him face his fears.

[Kaytlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I unfortunely had some issues with this series because of the way that the protagonist treats his female classmates. He is either chasing a girl he says doesn't know she is his girlfriend yet or running away from a classmate who is portrayed as an ugly, fat, and creepy girl.

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

nothing

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son breezed right through this one he loves this series

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well this book is funny becaUSE Bernie made a bet with this rich kid, the bet was about the talent show, and bernie found this boy that is really good at the guitar.
:)

[Brett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rotten School series continues with more of the same.

[Seth · Rating 3 out of 5]

it wazz coolzzzz :D!! like amazin duuude!!!!!

[Sayantan Debray · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did NOT like it.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was hilarious :)

[Nat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really liked the detail and the pictures in the book. The story line was great, too.

[Coral · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I loved it it was funnny!"