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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2019
My Life and Other Failed Experiments
By Tristan Bancks, Gus Gordon (Illustrator)
Part of the Tom Weekly series
Can Tom survive killer possums, a guinea pig hostage crisis, and a world-saving mission?
4.5/5 Goodreads · 31 ratings
240 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Tom Weekly's life is a whirlwind of bizarre adventures. From battling a tribe of killer possums to rescuing his guinea pig from a hostage situation, Tom's days are anything but ordinary. With a grandmother plotting crimes and an ice-cream man with a vendetta, Tom must navigate chaos and hilarity. Can he outsmart his chores, win the deadliest fruitcake contest, and maybe, just maybe, save the world with his bum? Dive into Tom's unpredictable world and discover if he can turn his wild experiments into success.
From the publisher
Discover what happens when you mix one kid with nine attack possums. Observe the result of a guinea pig hostage situation. Learn from my get-rich-quick scheme to put Australia’s angriest ice-cream man out of business. Get ready to judge the world’s deadliest fruitcake competition. And if I survive it all, let’s call the experiment a success. More handy stuff inside- 1. Tips on avoiding household chores 2. Weird facts about guinea pigs 3. How to eat a car
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- Reading age
- 9–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 630L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~4.1
- F&P level
- ~O
Publication
- Published
- April 1, 2019
- Publisher
- Random House Australia
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780143781615
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