You're a Bad Man Mr.Gum

Author: Andy Stanton
Copyright date: 2008

Main character (s): Mr.Gum,Polly,Jake(a dog),Angry Fairy,and Friday O'leary

Book Theme: if you ever love somthing save it when it needs you

Summary: A grumpy old man named Mr.Gum.He is a felthy man but only one thing he keeps neat and tidy is his garden , but their a reson why he keeps it so tidy because if he doesnt a angry fairy will come through the drain of his bath tub and whack hi with a frying pan.One day a dog come in the town of Lamonic Bibber ,no one knows wher the dog came from but he was a very kind dog kind of fat but thats not the piont .The point is the dogs name was jake andd jake had a thing for gardens and you proably know where this is going to end up . Jake teard up Mr.Gums garden and the fairy kept on coming out abd whacking him with that pan and it happened again and again and again till Mr.Gum decides to poisin the dog and a girl by the name of Polly she hears Mr. gum is going to piosen the dog and she takes action. she find a man named friday O'leary and he helps her save the dog by the time they get to Mr.gums house where he pioson the dog he is barly alive but he wakes up from msgical choclate the girl gives him and they all celebrate



Main Conflict in the book: Mr.gum trying to piosen jake and polly saving him

How do the characters change in the story? at first Mr.gum is mean and grpy but at the end of the book he is the just drunk

Interesting part of the book: the whole book was interesting but the part where polly meets friday is cool

Would you reccommend this book to someone else - why or why not?
YES, this book is good for people who like reading about magical but real story and for people who dont like to read that much just when you read the first page you will want to read the whole thing

Rhonda.B