Will didn't plan to eat a stinkbug. But when his friend Darryl called
new kid Eloy Herrera a racial slur, Will did it as a diversion. Now Will
is Bug Boy, and everyone is cracking up inventing insect meals for him,
like French flies and maggot-aroni and fleas.
Turns out eating bugs for food is a real thing called entomophagy.
Deciding that means he can use a class project to feed everyone
grasshoppers, Will bargains for Eloy's help in exchange for helping him
with wrestling, but their growing friendship only ticks off Darryl
more.
Will may have bitten off more than he can chew as crickets, earthworm
jerky--even a scorpion--end up on his plate, but insects are the least
of his problems. When things between Darryl and Eloy heat up, Will
wrestles with questions of loyalty and honor--and learns that maybe not
all friendships are worth fighting for.