As the annual I. B. Rotten Competition approaches, the school's egotistical schemer, Bernie Bridges, fears that his pet parrot, Lippy, is no longer a good luck charm.
In order to be named "Most Popular Rotten Egg" in the school yearbook, fourth-grader Bernie Bridges must figure out a way to prove that he is the most popular student at Rotten School.
With the Board of Inspectors threatening to shut down Rotten School, Bernie Bridges only has time for one last money-making scheme, but his friends are too obsessed with a role-playing video game to help him.
Kris gets a mannequin of her own because she is jealous of the attention that a ventriloquist's dummy brings to her twin sister, horrible things start happening.
All Marla Newman wants is to be valedictorian, and when two strange girls promise Marla they can give her the power to have anything she wants, Marla agrees, but she soon learns that the power comes with a price that must be paid in blood.
