Tom Gates: Tom Gates: Everything's Amazing (Sort Of) (Series #3) (Hardcover)

from lilibrarian

Tom is looking forward to the school dance and his upcoming birthday. But his family and schoolmates seem determined to ruin his life.

from jackiewark

Tom Gates: Everything's Amazing (Sort of) is a humorous account of a boy who has all the typical problems of a tween: a devilish older sister, school bullies, parents who embarrass him at every turn, and grandparents (lovingly named The Fossils) who are out of touch, but tolerable. His birthday i...

from LauraEnos

This is a cute sketch book for intermediate and middle school readers. I loved how many of the words were visually/concrete and the font/style matched the meaning. In terms of plot, there was nothing overly exciting or riveting, but I do have lower readers and reluctant readers in my classroom th...

from Mrs.DuBois

I had never read a graphic novel previous to this book so I couldn't understand the excitement surrounding the Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Smile, or similar series, but I can now! I thoroughly enjoyed middle-school student, Tom Gates, perspective of what an adult would have perceived as fairly typical ...

from cabyrum

My 11 year old jumped right in and quickly read this book the day it arrived. He says it was great, five stars, and even better in ways than Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He really liked the various illustrations and use of fancy text (similar to the Geronimo Stilton books). It seems like this is another...