Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Rotten School #4
R.L. Stine · 2009
71/100
👍 Worth It
Stine leans all the way into comedy here and the result is exactly what it promises: fast, silly, and designed to keep a reluctant eight-year-old turning pages. Bernie Bridges is an appealing schemer, the football-scholarship premise is absurd in just the right way, and the short chapters mean there is always a reason to read one more. It is not deep, but it does not pretend to be — and for its audience, that is the right call.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety97
substance55
craft68
originality62
accuracy82
hype72
age-fit88
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict71
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