Everything's Amazing (Sort Of)
by Liz Pichon • Book 3 of the Tom Gates Series
Middle-school comedian, homework dodger, rock-star wannabe, master doodler—Tom... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Humor
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2013
Word Count 18,913
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 165461, 3 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Schools
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
- Birthdays--Fiction
- Boys
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Dance parties--Juvenile fiction
- Gates, Tom (Fictitious character)--Fiction
- Drawing--Fiction
- Birthdays
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- Birthdays--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Dance parties
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Dance parties--Fiction
- Family life--Fiction
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Children’s Favorites Award, 2015-2023
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