Tom Gates: Everything’s Amazing (Sort Of) Chapter Sampler

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ar the

garden before my toast p.

Which is a

N W WO CORD.


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3 . My TAMAZI

Especial ly the one of Del ia.

AND I’m V N aRLY fo

—*See page 407 for how I ma e TOAST DOODLES.

M y

t o a s t a r


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Mr. Fu ll erman loo s

and smi les .

(Which doesn’t happen very often. )

Then Marcus pu l l s a f

(Which does happen a lot . )


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can pu me in a

ood today!

Apart from these two words . . .


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LUCKILs its ne to me

S math. She can’tget enough of math, whi ch i s handy for mebecause HIS i s how much I li e math:

So WHEN I get stuc

n ta e a

rrect answers

e s c a

e


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ut i f I look the other wa

Al l I get Marcus Me

answers. as bad

But from the way he U and sa

you’d th in he wa

(He’s not. )


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en rs . orthin appears .

e r t hat b ecau se s he ht

op l

ust to be c lear, I V Rsay “ rs . orthin ou

Sh e u the WHOLE CLASS that ifwe’re ood al l lesson,we ca CIAL MATH QUIZ .

she says enthus iastica l ly .

I doubt it .


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Marcus tel ls ou can be on my team.”

my l oo s thr i l led .

Marcus i s behav ing li e a tota l TWIT. eee s r innin nodding at

E or

s saying. (Yes, yes. )

Marcus was caught CH ATIN on

the ARD CHART, he ’s

been ry ng o ge ac nto LL theteachers’ good boo s .

It ’s sort of wor ing, too , because


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r Marcus

o

He’s s itting up STRAIG VENleased with himself now

t’s possib le ) .

I tel l t is justanother word for

Wh ic h ma es her

Then rs

We both keep very quiet.

mug


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Un l ike Marcus, who ’ shut up . He ’sgot his hand up and wants to now if we’ l l

be doing MULTIPLICATION-TABLEStoday. Groan. . . .

Then he says, “I’ve acticing a LOT,Mrs. Worthington.”

And M r

Nice work, Marcus . . . .


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Sti l l , it cou ld be worse. At least I get to doa bit of drawing, even if it is

and num ers .

Here oes . . . .

So far, so good.


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m usy rying o i in my a e oing e

ones I now first:

Marcus eeps

But I can s of

mistakes


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I take a qu ick g lance id irection just to chec OK .

(She’s nearly FINISHED

Then i t gets a bi t tr ic y .I have to use my finge rs to

count. (Doesn’t everyone? )

arcus starts DELI

ounting LOUDE whichu m

FTE

, OUR, I’VE LOST MY PLACE AGAIN. He’s drivi ng me . . .


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I can’t concentrate with h im NEXT to me being

al l

num


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So I start to doodle instead . . .

What LION?


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rs . orthi pots

Norman Watso

bac in h is cha ir.

She tel ls him to

.

says,

hich is a shame because I didn’t

my

ipl ication

able .


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Oh, wel l . I’ l l fi l l it al l in during the rest ofthe lesson.

’m trying VERY

o rs . ort

She is busy teac and saying

Mysterious m e e ids seem to be getting

h e a v i e nd h e a v i e rand h e a v e r .


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I force them back OPEN by tryingto on wha s e s saying.

T e trouble is , it sounds l i e she’sspea ing another language (one I don’t

And to ma e things worse,


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g

CLOSER and

to me so I can s

a b it too c lear ly for my l i ing .

(It’s even HARDER to concentrate now.)

I find myse l STARING at the

number of hai r her no

and counting them. Which is he lp ing

eep my eyes OPEN.

I have counted a lmost fifteen hairs when


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don’t want to be rude o

to the fact that I HAVEN T finished my

MULTIPLICATION TABLE yet. So I am VERY polite

and say,

“I’m FINE, thank you,

M S. WORTHI

And she says,

So I say it a BIT LOUD “I’m FINE, thank you,

M S. WO T IN S .(Did I ju st say tha


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Fom the way Mrs . Worthi ngto

is t me,

I ’m guess ing I did.

Yep . . . I did.

This might take some explainin g.


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I try my be st.

when I sa id your name l i e thi s . . .

.

Sniff,

sniff.

e Mrs. WorthingTON is convinced.


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u ck ily f man at son come s to

my rescue by

Now he’s waving his legs a roundin the air l ike an u pturned turt le

because he’s s tuc .

rs . orthington goes to help

h im and

f a i g b a c k w a r d

s

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y ma t h teac her ’s na m

e is :

M R S . W O R T H I N G T O N M R

S . W O R T H I N G T O N

R S . W O R T H I N G T O N M R S

. W O R T H I N G T T O N


. W O R T H I N G T O N


. W O R T H I N G T O N M R S .

W O R T H I N G T O N M R S . W O R T H I N G TA S H T O N M

R S .

W O R T H I N G T O N M R S . W O

R T H I N G T O N




. W O R T H I N G t O N



W O R T H I N G T O N M R S . W O R T

H I N G T O N M R S .


R T H I N G T O N





O R T H I N G T O N M R S . W O R T

H I N G T O N M R S .


R T H I N G T O N

M R S . W O R T H I N G T O N M R S . W O R T H I N G T

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I won’t make that

mistake again (out loud) .


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News travels FAST in ou r school .

Everyone seems to now about my

ere is

unti l I tel l h im about the l ines I had to do

the XTRA math homewor , too.

Which he t

l au nih


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u Derek su ests we go

f

.

is a GREAT game op ay or o s o reasons:

1. You don’t need much stufand ch

.t’s super

so you never get bored.

. e and Dere are rett oodat CHA


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bout to

they don’t seem THAT een.


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I promise we won’t hit the bal l hardI say in ca se they’re worrie

I wi l l , because I athe smal lest gir l says.

Derek whisper“She won’t be or very long!”

ere are the rules of CHAMP, in ca se

you don’t now. . . .


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allowed

go to any

he four squares.

But if you’re OUT you go to the bac of

queue, to squaree’s no one waiting.


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