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Excellent Excuses (and Other Good Stuff)
- Tom Gates, Book 2
- Narrated by: Rupert Grint
- Series: Tom Gates, Book 2
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
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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- Anonymous User
- 13-08-2018
Best book ever
So entertaining it makes cats happy would recommend to 10 to 12 years old five stars
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- D McQ
- 02-10-2016
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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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-2017
Brilliant😜
Such a good book i love it😃
Very good for children and adults👨👩👧👦
Especially love delias a wierdo in chapter 2😎
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- Anonymous User
- 25-06-2016
AMAZING
This book was amazing you want to read it don't you well if you do you are awesomely epic
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- Chuka
- 17-02-2021
amazing even for adults
we loved it!
this is our bedtime routine and often I have to keep myself from laughing
so funny
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- Debbie Moore
- 01-11-2020
Mias review
Tom gates a excellent book for your 8 to 12 book an funny story but a bit inaprpiat I give over all five star
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- Claire
- 06-05-2020
great
love these books, easy 2 read, fun, chilled vibes. this is a younger aged read but its school kinda read but it was a nice escape, ive boutght & am going to listen 2 all :)
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- Anonymous User
- 04-05-2020
AMAZING book 5 stars
The best book ever I love it just simply amazing I can’t explain it it’s just amazing! 5 stars for sure
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- Evelina
- 06-03-2020
One of the best books on audible
This book is very interesting for me and my family ,friends and granny’s and grandpa’s i think
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- Myfanwy
- 21-12-2019
I love the voices sound effects and music. Great
A brilliant book about Tom Gates a kid who likes biscuits dude 3 and annoying Delia. Using funny sounds and great voices the performance was so good I've listened to it about 5 times already. Great book. Very funny.
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- Bridget
- 13-10-2019
School homework
Loved it. Using audible has made it easier for my son to take it all in
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- Charlotte Sutcliffe
- 11-10-2019
Good story but...
I just stubbed my toe and it hurts! This is completely different to the story though, but I thought ide just throw it out there for the sake of Russia and its mighty arsenal of nukes
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