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Top Of The Class (Nearly) Ne#9Introducing "Top Of The Class (Nearly) Ne#9", the delightful addition to the beloved Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon. This brand new paperback edition will engage young readers with its humorous storytelling and relatable school experiences. Perfect for those who enjoy light hearted tales filled with hilarious moments, this book is a fantastic choice for kids navigating the trials and tribulations of school life. Designed especially for middle grade
Introducing "Top Of The Class (Nearly) Ne#9", the delightful addition to the beloved Tom Gates series by Liz Pichon. This brand-new paperback edition will engage young readers with its humorous storytelling and relatable school experiences. Perfect for those who enjoy light-hearted tales filled with hilarious moments, this book is a fantastic choice for kids navigating the trials and tribulations of school life. Designed especially for middle-grade readers, it captivates with its delightful illustrations and witty narration. Follow Tom Gates as he shares his tips on staying ahead in class. Although humorously candid about his own shortcomings, Tom provides amusing insights that kids will find relatable.Tips for being at the top of the class include staying awake in lessons and avoiding drawing ridiculous pictures of teachers! This fun-filled adventure also tackles common school dilemmas such as dealing with bullies and navigating sibling rivalry. "Top Of The Class (Nearly) Ne#9" is published by Scholastic UK and is a part of the popular Tom Gates series, making it an ideal birthday gift or holiday present for book-loving children. Its engaging narrative and charming illustrations make reading enjoyable and fun, reinforcing a love for books and learning.
Get your copy of this entertaining paperback now and embark on a school journey filled with laughter and adventure. Delivery is swift and reliable, guaranteeing that this fantastic addition to your child's bookshelf arrives in no time! Embrace the joy of reading and watch as your child develops a passion for storytelling with Tom Gates. Order today!
CONDITION: BRAND NEW
Author: Pichon,Liz
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781743832813
Series: Tom Gates
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC UK - LONDON
TIPS FOR BEING TOP OF THE CLASS (Sadly...I did NONE of these things.)1. Stay awake in lessons (it helps.)2. Don’t draw HILARIOUS pictures of your teachers.3. AVOID the class bully to stay out of trouble.4. Don’t let Mum and Dad write ANYTHING in your school planner.5. Don’t let your grumpy sister Delia BOSS you around. (Technically not a school issue—but still important.)I’m TRYING to get voted onto the school council as well—but thanks to the ABOVE list it’s not exactly going to plan.
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★★★★★ 5
Great book!
Format: Paperback
Primer is a Great book! Highly recommend!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great book
Format: Paperback
My 4th grade daughter’s favorite book.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great for reluctant readers
Format: Paperback
This book is great for reluctant readers. I got this for my niece and her mother asked if I knew of any other graphic novels like this one because of how much my niece loved reading it. I ended up reading it and the story is very enjoyable and inspiring. The art is exceptional. I was very happy to find that there are more in the series. I bought both the first and second ones for my step daughter and other nieces this Christmas. Highly recommend!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Foster Care! Magic Paint! Superheroes! OH MY!
Format: Kindle
This was a great read. I loved everything about it. The artwork is vivid. The main character’s personality is spot-on. The humor was great.
Ashley is a girl in a world where she is herself and nobody else. At least, that’s what she thinks. Really, she’s a girl stuck in foster care because her dad’s in jail. She has a carefree attitude on the outside, but on the inside she’s really tender-hearted. Then one day a new family shows up, attempting foster care with Ashley. She’s living pretty nicely there and she’s made a friend named Luke. Then one day her foster mom comes home acting kind of strange. Later, Ashley decides to snoop into what’s in that mysterious suitcase her foster mom brought in and hid in a closet. She and Luke find paint. Lots of tubes of paint. Ashley puts them on her skin, because she “likes the texture.” This is where I think it’s waaaaay too obvious that what she’s doing has to be specifically made like that for the storyline. It’s okay though, they do an okay job of hiding it. Anyway. These paints are magic paints that give the person who wears them superpowers! So of course Ashley has to go and use them and be a superhero she calls ‘Primer’. But her foster mom’s job wants those paints she brought home back. So they send their roughest, toughest soldier to retrieve them. Ashley, of course, has a fight with her foster mom about it, and Ashley decides to run away, taking the paints with her.
Then obviously the soldier dude shows up, with a bunch of robots. There it just turns into your normal superhero fight scene, but then Ashley loses and the paints are taken except the teleportation one. The soldier, by the way, is named Strack. So then Ashley’s like, “Oh no, I’ll neeever be a hero” even though obviously she will, this is a superhero story. Suddenly her phone is ringing. It’s her foster dad and mom. She picks up their video call and it’s STRACK! He’s adult-napped her foster parents, of course. She debates going to fight Strack, or to just leave it. She goes with leave it until she looks up and sees a painting she made and this suddenly gives her confidence, for reasons unknown.
So then there’s another big fight scene with Strack, but Ashley is overconfident like she knows she can’t die, it’s a book and that would be devastating for little ones reading it. Anyway, she wins and frees her parents and they all live happily ever after.
So, this story ends in a cliffhanger that’s not a very good one. It’s just Ashley’s REAL dad seeing her on TV from when she went out and was a superhero the first time, and he’s like, “You’re not Primer, every father knows his daughter’s eyes, ASHLEY. See you soon.” So if I was hanging from a cliff here, I would be attached to it with a safety cable and I would be laying on the top of the cliff, with only my foot hanging off. It’s not much of a cliffhanger.
This was a great book about a female superhero. Oh, and another thing I forgot to mention, there is a page you should skip if you are reading to a child under seven. Page…. Let’s see here… oh yes. Page seventy-seven. It involves a gun and likely shooting afterwards, but it isn’t shown. I am a very sensitive person, and even I, an almost-teen was kind of rustled by it. Anyways, great story, lovely artwork, good book.
I’m rounding up from 4.5 stars.
-written by a tween
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2022
★★★★★ 5
The best graphic novel!!
Format: Paperback
A great book... My daughter read this at the local library and had to have it ... She reads this constantly!!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2026
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