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A Tiny Bit Lucky (Tom Gates #7)

By Liz Pichon
Series: Tom Gates
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A Tiny Bit Lucky is the seventh instalment in the popular Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon. Through Tom's cheeky and humorous diary entries, readers follow his daily adventures packed with family antics, school challenges, and band rehearsals, all brought to life with vibrant illustrations and comic-style drawings.
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This book is ideal for young readers aged 7 to 10 who enjoy humorous stories, diary formats, and lively illustrations. Fans of the Tom Gates series will love this latest entry full of relatable school-life mischief.

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Will Tom and his band DOGZOMBIES be LUCKY enough to win the Rock Weekly Band Battle competition? They just might be if they could find time to practice! But with inspectors in the school, an amazing new cartoon on TV, caramel wafers to eat and a stray cat getting in the way, Tom's a bit too busy having FUN!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743832790

Publisher: Scholastic Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Scholastic Australia

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 300g

Pages: 256

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