Ponder

    Tom Gates By Liz Pichon Summary Tom Gates is a story of a boy who lives in Brighton, UK. He loves singing, doodling, he is expert in making excuses and the bane of his grumpy teacher, Mr. Fullerman. His band's name is DOG ZOMBIES . His best friend and neighbor is Derek. In his band, There are are only three boys that are Norman, Derek, and Tom. In his school, he sits with an annoying boy named Marcus Mendrew. In his family, he has a his mother, father and his grumpy sister named Delia. He doesn't like Marcus, Mr. Fullerman and Delia. When his teachers don’t have their beady eyes on him, he likes to draw pictures and write about stuff, like last summer’s worst camping vacation ever, or how much he hates sitting next to nosy Marcus. He wants to impress Amy Porter, who is very nice and smart girl but ignores him. Tom’s teachers think he is easily distracted and “lacks focus”. His sister wears glasses where ever she goes and even in her home. In his books he makes a cloud abov