Derek Fallon discovers all the angst that comes with being twelve--he just wants to feel grown up, but Life gets in the way with a series of mishaps that make him look like a baby.
My Life as a Joke by Janet and Jake Tashjian is a Christy Ottaviano Book.
Why isn\'t being in middle school as great as Derek imagined? Thankfully, with a little help from his friends--and, ironically, a Toys for Tots fundraiser--things seem like they could start shaping up at last.
He passes out during a worm dissection in science class, falls flat on his face in gym class and gets a fat lip that causes him to lisp all day, and his plans for a monster-truck party turn into a bouncy house disaster.
Derek Fallon discovers all the angst that comes with being twelve--he just wants to feel grown up, but Life gets in the way with a series of mishaps that make him look like a baby
