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Tom Gates, our chronicler of all that happens in Year 5, is back with more stories of all that's happening at school and at home. He and his friend Derek decide to enter Derek's dog, Rooster, in the local dog show, but they might have been just a little over-enthusiastic with the shampooing and Rooster ends up looking rather more fluffy than usual. Tom and his sister Delia are still at daggers drawn over, well, just about everything and she's not impressed by the noise that Tom and his band make when they're practicing. Still, Tom has a birthday coming up and his only worry there is worries are that some of Granny Mavis' baking might be just a little too unusual and if his Dad does DJ then the whole thing might turn into a disaster.
It's the usual cast of characters, from maths teacher Mrs Worthington (or Worthing''tash'', as Tom will call her - and sometimes to her face), Marcus Meldrew, the class nuisance (well, that sounds better than ''cheat'' doesn't it?) and Amy Porter who might be the cleverest person in the class but she's lovely with it and a big supporter of our Tom. Despite the fact that the text in the book is quite sparse the characters are well fleshed-out and kids are going to recognise all of them, if not by name.
