Download or read book Joshua T. Bates in Trouble Again written by Susan Richards Shreve and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2000-05-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOURTH-GRADE BLUES Joshua T. Bates is no stranger to trouble. First he flunked third grade and had to spend three months repeating it. Now he's been promoted to fourth, but that's when his problems really begin. Tommy Wilhelm, Joshua's sworn enemy, is the leader of the class. He's got everyone afraid of him, especially Joshua. Joshua will do anything to prove to Tommy that he's not a nerd. But that will take power. And where can a kid like Joshua get power?