Liz Pichon
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Tom Gates volume 1
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Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks, spilt water, lightening. Tom's exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts, as well as comments from his long-suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton. After gaining five merits for his 'Camping Sucks' holiday story, Tom's work starts to go downhill, which is a pity, as he's desperate to impress Amy Porter, who sits next to him.
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Tom Gates volume 3
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Tom Gates is excited to celebrate his birthday and the upcoming school dance with a smile on his face, but everyone else seems bent on ruining his good mood. Math is kicking his butt. Marcus is annoying him at school. Worst of all, Tom's dad may or may not have offered to deejay the school dance dressed in the crazy outfit his new job gave him.
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Tom Gates volume 2
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No school for two whole weeks! Tom can forget all about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew) and concentrate on good stuff like, inventing new ways to annoy Delia and band practice for Dogzombies.
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Publisher Annotation: Tom's hoping to be made a Star Pupil at school, but that means he needs to put more effort into his homework than his doodles. Easier said than done! Meanwhile, his grandparents (the Fossils) are about to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary, and Uncle Kevin wants to plan something special. Then the cold weather turns to snow and school gets canceled, leaving Tom is snowed in at home with quite the crew, including his...
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Seeing Delia without her sunglasses on is a big shock, but that's nothing compared with the surprise Dad has in store for Tom with his new found fitness regime. He says he's going to compete at Sport's Day. Shame! Meanwhile Derek, Norman and Tom keep practicing in Dogzombies so they're really ready for the school Talent Show.
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Tom Gates volume 5
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Since Tom forgets everything, it's not surprising that he forgot all about the trip he's supposed to go on with class 5F. It's good that his family helps keep him on track (even, once in a while, his grumpy sister, Delia)! Luckily, there are loads of excellent things to do on the trip, like making rafts, eating snacks, and seeing some very weird creatures. That is, as long as Tom doesn't get stuck in a group with anyone who snores or worse (looking...
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Tom Gates volume 12
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In the next hilarious illustrated instalment of Tom Gates, Mr Fullerman has a class assignment: a family tree! Tom's ready to learn all about the Gates family, his friends and a furry creature (or two!). But just what *is* that squeaking sound coming from Tom's shoes?
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Tom Gates volume 14
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"Tom has some very BIG plans! Tom and his band, The DogZombies, have some big plans! First they need to catch a glimpse into Delia's secret diary. But that'll mean taking a BIG risk: snooping in her room! Then they're going to write a new smash-hit single. (Which means stocking up on essential snacks.) Plus, Tom's got to doodle as much as possible, especially when Marcus is watching! It's lucky Tom's fuelled by biscuits, or he'd never have the energy...
9) Penguins
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Penguins at the zoo have an exciting afternoon when one finds a camera left behind by a visitor.
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Tom Gates volume 13
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Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be very good for me. The Wrinklies are keen on giving presents and they're planning a family outing which is going to be epic! Even Delia wants to come. (I can always ignore her.)
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Tom Gates volume 17
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The seventeenth laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated Tom Gates adventure! Tom's doing everything possible to stay out of trouble but somehow he's got THREE sad faces on the school achievement chart! And getting another sad face means Mr Fullerman won't let him go on the SCHOOL TRIP! Moany Marcus Meldrew is making things worse and now Tom's annoyed his grumpy sister Delia. Can his best friend Derek help? Will Rooster the dog stop eating his homework?
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Tom Gates volume 9
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From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers - Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 5 - 12 year-olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013, comes the ninth amazing instalment of this brilliant series!
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Tom Gates volume 11
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Here's my excellent plan to make Dogzombies the best band in the whole wide world! How hard can it be? Right. Now I'm going to: 1. Write more songs. (not about teachers.) 2. Make a spectacular music video. (easy.) 3. Get some sleep. (tricky when you're being kept awake by loud noises.) 4. Annoy Delia. (nothing to do with Dogzombies but always fun).
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Tom Gates volume 7
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Fiction in the form of a humorous diary in which Tom Gates tells about his desire for a dog, the difficulties of enrichment week at school, his Dad's desire to take the family kiting, and Tom's band the Dogzombies who are practising for the Rock Weekly Band Battle.
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Tom Gates volume 8
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Sometimes making up my mind isn't easy to do. Especially when my grumpy sister Delia is LOOMING over me. Mum's on a mission to TIDY UP the whole house. She says if I can't decide what to get rid of, she'll do it for me. Which would be a DISASTER! Lucky for me, The FOSSILS come to my rescue (more than once!) --Publisher
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"It's TIDY UP Saturday, but Tom is VERY busy relaxing and not helping out much. Until he spots the art box of his dreams in a shop window and everything changes. He's suddenly focused on earning extra pocket money and helping with EVERYTHING. But nothing quite goes to plan. Washing and shrinking Delia's clothes isn't a good start. And the hours spent carefully cleaning cars with Derek are ruined overnight when a storm hits Oakfield Town, causing even...
19) What monster?
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"How has this scary beast escaped into Tom's sort-of-normal world? Is it one of his doodles? Is it Delia on the rampage? Is it Mr. Fullerman at full moon? For now it's a secret but all will (eventually) be revealed in this book. So, what do we actually know for sure? There will be laughs. There will be doodles. There will be all the bonkers excitement and brilliance that have launched Tom's books to global fame."--
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Tom Gates volume 10
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Look out! Tom, Delia and the whole Gates family (Fossils included) are going on holiday. How will Tom manage to keep himself busy on the most boring campsite ever? By doodling, of course! An exciting new story with doodle your own elements from award-winning and best-selling author Liz Pichon.