The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
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Publisher Description
The top-selling U.K. series for middle-grade readers now crosses the pond! Meet Tom Gates. When his teachers donโt have their beady eyes on him, he likes to draw pictures and write about stuff, like last summerโs worst camping vacation ever (five merits!), or how much he hates sitting next to nosy Marcus Meldrew, the most annoying boy at school. All Tom really wants is to score tickets to see the best band ever, Dude3, when they come to town, and to impress Amy Porter, who is very nice and smart (but is currently ignoring him). Tomโs teachers think he is easily distracted and โlacks focus,โ but thatโs a bit harshโcan he help it if his grumpy big sister, Delia, made him late for school (again), or that last nightโs homework had to be sacrificed to stave off a vicious dog attack? Master of excuses, creative storyteller, and middle-school comedian extraordinaire, Tom Gates is guaranteed to get kids turning the pagesโand keep them laughing.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
From his penchant for doodling to his myopic self-interest, fifth-year student Tom Gates can easily be seen as a British cousin to Jeff Kinney's Greg Heffley. In Tom's first novel, published in the U.K. in 2011 (where it won a Waterstones Children's Book Prize and a Roald Dahl Funny Prize), he recounts his ongoing antagonism of his older sister, Delia; his attempts to see his favorite band, Dude3, perform in town; and various family and school-day mishaps, including a disastrous camping trip, inedible meals cooked by his grandparents (aka "the Fossils"), and joining the school choir. The book is typeset in a handwritten-looking font, accompanied by Tom's doodles and text that he's embellished for emphasis. A glossary explains the Briticisms Tom uses throughout: " Rumbled!' basically means I'm busted!' " explains a tiny cartoon of Tom's head it's a phrase he has reason to deploy more than once. Truly laugh-out-loud moments are few and far between, but readers who like their fiction heavily illustrated and their heroes mischievous should find it diverting enough. Ages 8 12.
Customer Reviews
I loved this book
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A cross between Diary of A Wimpy Kid and Big Nate! I like it! But...
I had not heard of this but itโs great! This first book in the series is available for free, right? The way itโs laid out, itโs kind of is a cross between Diary of A Wimpy Kid and Big Nate (The novels).
The only reason I am giving this four stars is because the author went a little too far on the class trip part, what with all the gory explanations of mummification. I forget what page itโs on. I wonโt put it here, but itโs gross. Other than that itโs GREAT.
So, yeah. Three main things: Itโs like a cross between Diary of A Wimpy Kid and Big Nate, itโs free on iBooks, and thereโs a very gross part on one of the pages.
With that in mind, you should definitely read this book. Itโs great, I enjoyed it, and hopefully you will too. ๐
I love this book!!
This book was so good. You definitely should read it because it will make you laugh real hard. So i suggest you read this and there are more in the series too๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ทโฝ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ