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Fans of The Wimpy Kid will delight in the hilarious adventure of Tom Gates! Fantastic fun told in words and pictures. A delight of a reading experience. --LoveReading for Kids
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Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks \- spilt water - lightning.. 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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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is the Easter Holidays and my 10 year old son is not into reading his suggested book from school so to keep him reading I suggested he read this for a bit of a break but to keep him reading. He says he is really enjoying it and is impressed by how much he is getting through each night compaired to his school book. He likes the story, keeps quoting bits to his brother it's so good and keeps telling me how much he has read. It's like a cross between a comic and a novel, easy to read and great for curbing my son's reluctance. There should be far more of this style of book. My other son waded through all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants books, gained huge confidence in his reading and is now on novels. I think The Brilliant World of Tom Gates is ticking all the same boxes.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Many kids need a lot of incentive to read these days and this book has it in spades - humour that older primary school children can relate to, text broken up by different fonts and headings and, best of all, abundant wacky doodles on almost every page. It's a slightly larger format than similar books around - the phenomenally successful Wimpy Kid series, for instance, and that gives the writer more space to experiment with the format and illustrations. It really does look like the diary of a bright, artistic but easily distractable nine or ten year old boy, and from a commercial point of view the wider size will make it stand out on bookshop and library shelves.
There's not much originality in the story - Tom has embarrassing parents, a best friend with a mischievous dog and a big sister that he's constantly winding up, but since most children demand more of the same once they've found a formula that works for them, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some of the secondary characters are quirky and interesting. I really liked the well-intentioned grandparents who experiment with odd combinations of foods (banana pizza and cucumber juice in a can show up in Tom's lunchbox when Gran is on duty), and the rivalry and tension between Tom's father and his brother felt very real without upsetting the light tone of the book.
Best of all, at least from the kids' point of view, is that you can get through the whole thing very quickly and painlessly, thus building the confidence of children who are convinced they could never finish a whole book.
There's not much originality in the story - Tom has embarrassing parents, a best friend with a mischievous dog and a big sister that he's constantly winding up, but since most children demand more of the same once they've found a formula that works for them, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Some of the secondary characters are quirky and interesting. I really liked the well-intentioned grandparents who experiment with odd combinations of foods (banana pizza and cucumber juice in a can show up in Tom's lunchbox when Gran is on duty), and the rivalry and tension between Tom's father and his brother felt very real without upsetting the light tone of the book.
Best of all, at least from the kids' point of view, is that you can get through the whole thing very quickly and painlessly, thus building the confidence of children who are convinced they could never finish a whole book.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm nine, and I spent a book token on this book for the Easter holidays. I finished it in less than two days because it's so good. It's about a boy who doodles and reads comics until he's moved to the front of the class when he gets to sit next to a clever girl called Amy and a nosy idiot called Marcus. The style is similar to the Wimpy Kid books, and I would recommend it to people who enjoy that sort of book. I can't wait to read the other one!
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My son read this in a day and loved it! He bought book 2 with his...
My son (age8) adored this book so much that he read it in a single day!He went straight to his money box and bought book 2 the very next day! He has loved all 3 Tom gates books. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Amanda Rodger
He wants to read the book himself, blah, blah blah....
I read the first book with my 8 year old son and we had many laughs together. The next Tom Gates book arrived in the post and he wanted to read it himself. So keen! Read more
Published 9 days ago by OK
it's great
The brilliant world of Tom Gates is Diary of a wimpy kid +1 if you have a child . Although the wimpy kid books are more popular , kids laugh at this book more . Read more
Published 10 days ago by Mr .X
great book
I got this book for my 9 year old nephew as reviews were good. It didn't disappoint, he loved it and frequently laughed out loud while reading it. Read more
Published 26 days ago by M. A. Coyle
For younger fans of Wimpy Kid. Just not as funny for adults.
This is the story of a 10 year-old, Tom Gates. Written in the genre of the popular Wimpy Kid books but is more age-appropriate (Years 4-6). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lily
Brilliant!!!
This was another book on the list for 'Book Day' at work, and another one that I wasn't looking forward to. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Barmy_Bex
Great for enthusiastic readers too
Girls twins aged 10 - very enthusiastic avid readers liked this to as it is an alternative reading style (and quicker to read) than books like Harry Potter. Read more
Published 4 months ago by BookMum
8 year old boy loved it
This has been compared with 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', and it does have many similarities. The presentation of the pages with relatively little (handwriting-effect) text and lots of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Beansmummy
I read it in less than one day!!!!!!!!!
Tom Gates is always late for school and he usually has to think of a good excuse for his homework as he keeps forgetting to do it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Starblazer
Ideal for reluctant readers
I haven't been able to have a good look at this book yet, because my 9 year old grand daughter pounced on it and has taken it home. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sue Selby
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