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Excellent Excuses – Tom Gates
by L. Pichon
Description:
Following on from the first Tom Gates book from Liz Pichon, this book takes the form of Tom’s battered homework diary crammed with his scribbles and stories.
Reading Guide:
Children Read Themselves: 9-14
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About The Author
L. Pichon says that when she was little, she loved to draw, and her mom said she was very good at making a mess (this is still true today). She kept drawing, went to art school, became a designer and art director at Jive Records, and began to publish childrens books. After its publication in the U.K., The Brilliant World of Tom Gates won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. L. Pichon lives in Brighton, England, with her family.
Skryf Review
Excellent Book
In this sequel to The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Tom is back annoying his sister Delia, getting into trouble at school for skiving off almost all of his work, trying to get Norman to be a good drummer in his band, Dogzombie, and dealing with a toothache. In his inimitable fashion, he manages to get sucked into playing in the school band (which doesn’t use instruments, but instead performs on makeshift ones created from garbage) but then can’t play in a school assembly because his arm is “injured”, learns some classic rock from band mate Derek’s father, and plays Wild Thing and Smoke on the Water to much acclaim at the Leafy Green Old Folks Home where his grandparents live.