No, she’s still not looking. Marcus says he’s got five merits as well. “Great,” I say. “We’re like twins now,” says Marcus. (He’s so annoying.) I show Mom and Dad my story because I think they’ll be pleased with me (for a change). 30

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Y“ eah. . . . Just call yourselves 'Th e Tot a l Lo s e rs .' Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! '' s ay s M a rc us . . . who's even more annoying this year than he was last year (if that’s possible). Marcus Ha! Ha! being a Ha! TWIT T he re 's hom ew o rk a l ready fro m M r. Fullerman. (It’s like we never had a holiday.) 34 It was quite late by the time we got home and there was music out from our house. FuMom and Dad were RIOUS. Delia had invited lots of her friends Iover for a party, and BOY was she in trouble. forgot all about my sore arm because listening to Delia being told off and grounded by Mom and Dad was probably the of my whole Wyhoautthwinekrineg? entire holiday. Yo u ' r e Yeah! grounded! THE END However, I did like how their was a bully in the story. It gave the novel a feeling of realism and something that all kids experience at some point.

This year, Dad said, “Let’s go camping, it’s cheap.” Mom didn’t seem that keen, but I’d never been camping before, so I was looking forward to it. Dad and I went to the camping shop to buy a few essential items like: \"W e won’t need much,” 1. Tent he said. Dad 2. Sleeping bags 3. Cooking stuff 4. Fishing rods 5. TV 6. Computer But the camping shop had some cool stuff, LOTand Dad got carried away. He spent a of money and made me promise not to tell Mom. “We could have stayed in a nice hotel; it would have been cheaper,” Dad said. “Not the same as sleeping under the stars and waking up in the fresh air!” said the man in the shop as he took Dad’s m o n ey . 16

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From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Best Book for Younger Readers - Red House Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 5 - 12 year-olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013, comes the ninth amazing instalment of this brilliant series! MARCUS MeLdrew has a face like a mouse. Marcus Meldrew has a face like a Moose! Moosey Marcus . . . ( H e’s s topped loo ki ng now.) 9 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. I loved this book. I liked it when Tom lost his drawing of Mr fullerman with a big bum and got scared that a teacher would find it and show it to Mr fullerman and he would get a detention, I found it really funny that they then found the drawing in a book in the library. Great story. SNOring — and th at was keeping me awake too. The noise was awful. It seemed to be getting louder and LOUDER. It was almost like thunder, deep and rumbly. Then I realized it sounded like thunder . . . b e c au s e it wa s th under. W h i c h was getting clos e r. T he re wa s l ightn i n g too, and really heavy rain that was right above our tent. The storm was HUGE, and it didn’t take long for t h e te nt to b l ow away . AGH ! HELP! E veryone had to run to the car for cove r. T he s to rm la s ted a l l n ight long and everything we had got wet and muddy. Dad had pitched the tent RIGHT NEXT TO A STREAM! It flooded and all our stuff got soaked. Nobody slept at all. It was miserable. 21Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-07-29 16:06:25 Boxid IA1888119 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ri iantB LL ! MY Favorite! oHooroarya,yH, oHooroarya,yH, ooray! H H H o o r ay ! o o r ay !! H o o r ay (I've suddenly cheered up.) 42 Someone called Buster Jones gets detention but it gets longer and longer because he does silly things such as climbing out the window to escape the detention and then drawing rude graffiti of the teachers. ven though I only live four minutes away from my school, I’m often late. MY school To MY house (Oakfield) O Cheap Street C 24 a s t l e TwRoomai nu d SHOP t e s akfield Another Pe rcy St ree t ch o o l STOP! m inut es to s t w o This is usually because me and Derek (my best mate and next-door neighbor) \"chat” L OTa bit (OK, a ) on the way. Sometimes it’s because we get distracted by delicious fruit chews and caramel wafers at the shop. Occasionally, it’s because I’ve had loads of other very important things to do. 2

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Translation missing: en.products.product.price.regular_price Translation missing: en.products.product.price.sale_price I n s tead Mo m g i ves m e a note to give to M r. Fullerman. Dear Mr. Fullerman, owTuooatuAmcnosWdtlu’fsuseaeodaarl,olirlatncyimynrgapeVgnei(EsadPIonRef.EjidflunYi.gvse)i.ahntrenctsceosaadapwtysoiTo et—nohnsmha iwibetnlegtetchorhaipitseasafsveiirsveeteyo.nnoWotmgust.eeewttrhaeietrreepoints. MKirn. danrdegMarrdss. ,Gates I think Mom was worried my story made them look bad. 31 Ih I fell doI was until adn’t realized how high up wn. . . . It was pretty i m p ressive, really . . . . Delia heard me YELP as I hit the ground. She came over and just watched me as I rolled around on the ground in pain, holding my arm. Ha! It fe l t R E A L LY bad b ut D e l ia d id n ’t Ha! look too concerned. Freak! Eventually she got Mom. 24 Band practice with Derek tonight might not be so good because there’s absolutely NOTHING that will cheer me up now. Not a thing. . . .DL eOd iAc aDt eSd to of lovely people Mark Zak Ella Lily Thanks to Sarah S. And to my dad, who really dSidewr ei oaru ssolyme embarrassing outfits.