Dumb Clucks

Rotten School #16

by R.L. Stine

Buffalo wings of steel!

Just how stupid is Stupid Chicken? Bernie Bridges thinks the superfowl cartoon character is a dumb cluck! And the same goes for his chirpy sidekick, Little Cluck-Cluck.

But why not make a buck from a cluck? Bernie tries to sell Stupid Chicken T-shirts to his pals.

One problem—half the school hates Stupid Chicken. Their hero is Drastic Duck, the Caped Quacker.

Now Bernie finds himself caught in the middle of the battle between the Clucks and the Quacks!

Genres: Childrens, Humor, Horror

84 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

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

[Brett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of an abrupt series ending.

[merr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Y’all, I’m in between reads and throwing some goofy throwback fillers in the mix. I’ve been on my R.L. Stine kick lately. I read these originally when I was younger, so just rereading the Rotten School series again. Obviously not exactly my usual read or level of reading, so I don’t have anything bad to say about the series or the book in general!

Bernie Bridges is a fourth grader at Rotten School, if he isn’t scheming new ways to make money, crushing on April-May, or getting into trouble, he’s still up to no good. Each book follows Bernie and his friends (and enemies) on a whacky adventure that would only take place at Rotten School. While reading the book, you get a ton of cool illustrations and drawings sprinkled in as well.

This particular book follows Bernie as he tries to make money on the latest trends while flying under the radar to stay in the headmasters good graces. Follow along as Bernie makes tshirts, tries to profit off grocery store eggs, and avoid mayhem at school before the parents arrive for parents weekend. It’s a pretty silly read but definitely a good laugh, especially if you need a quick cool read. I will always recommend R.L. Stine and majority of his series.

[Nam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would have preferred the ending had Bernie been expelled, but that's just me.

[Thihansa · Rating 5 out of 5]

An AWESOME book! So funny and so nice! Love is so so so much! Recommend this to everyone(not only this, the whole series)

[Dunith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not much entertaining as earlier editions

[Juliet Palomarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This chapter book is a series that is fun and would be enjoyable for young children to read in 4th or 5th grade. The language is fairly simple and includes many examples of onomatopoeia. I liked how the book included some pages with illustrations to show what the story is talking about creating a visual for readers to see as they comprehend what the story is talking about.

[B.J. Burgess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Similar to the previous entry, "Dumb Clucks" doesn't feel like the typical Rotten School book; though this is a good thing as the series is starting to feel a bit cliched. Here, Mr. Stine pokes fun at how children can be get wrapped up in a new cartoon series quickly. Actually, the Rotten School kids get addicted to two different cartoon characters throughout the book. Overall, while Rotten School: Dumb Clucks isn't the best in the series, it's still a decent way to end the series.

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Seth · Rating 4 out of 5]

cool

[#1mjfannamedcharles · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had nothing else to read so I read this. It was in Mrs.idens library so I read it. I didn't really like it. It just wasn't my genre.