TY - GEN AU - Pichon,Liz TI - The brilliant world of Tom Gates T2 - Tom Gates SN - 9781407120690 U1 - 823.92 22 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Scholastic Children's KW - Boys KW - England KW - Children's fiction KW - Families KW - School children KW - Gates, Tom (Fictitious character) N2 - 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 ER -