The Word Eater

A nice story where magic and imagination take off and create a great story line. A worm that eats words, is a novel concept. It keeps the reader engaged as it has a bit of mystery. It is also a funny concept, all the thing Lerner plots to rid the world of things she doesn't care for. Recommended for early to mid level readers.

The Lumbricus worm clan watches with great anticipation as a new worm is born, but their eagerness turns to disinterest when the little worm fails to skinch properly. Close by, Lerner Chanse listens with dread as Reba Silo, queen of MPOOE (Most Powerful Ones On Earth), gives her the dare that will raise Lerner from SLUG (Sorry Loser Under Ground) status to MPOOE. Lerner’s attempt to fulfill the dare goes awry. In the process, a package of thumbtacks falls to the ground, and the rejected worm eats his first words- Mack’s Thumbtacks. Suddenly, all the Mack Thumbtacks in the world disappear. Lerner rescues the little worm from a crow’s beak and watches him eat “Jay’s Star” from a news article. The next day, the disappearance of show more a newly discovered star makes the front page. Lerner quickly learns that every time the worm eats a word, the object that it represents disappears. She must learn to feed his voracious appetite without causing a major catastrophe.
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It was a fantastic story and I enjoyed reading it. I adore Fip (the worm that eats words instead of dirt). Fip proved that he can survive. That's the spirit!

What a great book. A good book for those who are tring to fit in.

FROM LIBRARY CATALOG:
Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school.

Sixth-grader Lerner Chanse accidentally discovers that when her pet worm Fip eats words written or printed on paper, the item that word represents disappears from the world.

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