Book One - The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

TITLE: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

Publisher: Scholastic (paperback) 

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...