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Narrated by:
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Rupert Grint
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By:
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Liz Pichon
About this listen
Crammed with stories and sniggers, this hysterical journal brings you more manic mayhem from the crazy world of Tom Gates.
No school for two whole weeks leaves Tom with heaps of time for the important things in life. Yeah! He can forget all about lessons and the irritating Marcus Meldrew and save his energy for good stuff!
Stuff like: inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia. (So many). Band practice for the Dogzombies - rock stars in the making! Watching TV and eating caramel wafers; eating caramel wafers and watching TV. Excellent!
Unfortunately a couple of small problems called the dentist and his big weirdo sister, Delia, seem to be getting in the way of Tom's brilliant plans....
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- D McQ
- 10-02-16
Laugh a minute
A laugh out loud book. Excellent performance from the narrator. Can't wait to listen to the others in the series.
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- 07-15-24
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- Anonymous User
- 07-10-23
I love this book!!!
I loved it!!!! I read all the tom gates series at least 3 times. I also listened to this book at least 10 times!!! It is very very funny and shows a funny and normal life of a kid like me and you. It also shows the consequences when you don't do your homework, or when you draw a bad and funny picture of your very strict teacher and get stolen from a bully(Buster:He also shows in some other books). I want to let you all read this great book and other tom gates series. But if you like this book, also read other fun books like diary of a wimpy kid or big nate.
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