From popular middle-grade novelist Janet Tashjian comes another hilarious installment in the My Life series, with illustrations by Janet\'s son, Jake Tashjian. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review on My Life as a Book Don\'t forget the rest of the My Life series My Life as a Book My Life as a Stuntman My Life as a Cartoonist My Life as a Joke My Life as a Gamer My Life as a Ninja. -- School Library Journal A kinder, gentler Wimpy Kid with all the fun and more plot.
It\'s sure to be a hit with fans of the previous installments. . .
My Life as a Joke by Janet and Jake Tashjian is a Christy Ottaviano Book Readers will connect with likable Derek and his efforts to improve himself that don\'t ever go right .
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.
From popular middle-grade novelist Janet Tashjian comes another hilarious installment in the My Life series, with illustrations by Janet\'s son, Jake Tashjian
