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My Life as a Stuntboy (The My Life series, 2) Paperback – Illustrated, April 7, 2015
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Derek Fallon gets the opportunity of a lifetime―to be a stunt boy in a major movie featuring a pretty teen starlet. After accepting the job he learns that he is the star's stunt double and must wear a wig! His friends are never going to let him live this down. If that weren't his only problem, his parents are threatening to give away his pet monkey, and his best friend just posted an embarrassing video of him on Youtube. Can life get any worse? Still the irrepressible Derek takes it all in stride and even manages to save the day.
- Reading age9 - 12 years
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 2
- Lexile measure810L
- Dimensions5.15 x 0.75 x 7.6 inches
- PublisherSquare Fish
- Publication dateApril 7, 2015
- ISBN-101250010381
- ISBN-13978-1250010384
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“A fast-moving plot and relatable protagonist make this stand-alone sequel a good choice for boys who, like Derek, would rather reach for a TV remote or game controller than a book.” ―School Library Journal
“Fans of the first will be utterly delighted by this sequel and anxious to see what Jake will turn up as next.” ―Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“This is a great package for kids, especially those like Derek who don't think they like to read.” ―Booklist
“Another fun, emotionally resonant read for the Wimpy Kid set and beyond.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Will thrill young readers.” ―Children's Literature
About the Author
Janet Tashjian is a middle-grade and young adult novelist who’s been writing books for children for over two decades. Her first novel Tru Confessions was made into a critically acclaimed Disney TV movie starring Clara Bryant and Shia LaBeouf. The Gospel According to Larry series is a cult favorite and Fault Line is taught in many middle and high schools. Her bestselling My Life As a Book series is illustrated by her son, Jake. They also collaborated on the Einstein the Class Hamster series.
Janet collaborated with fellow Macmillan author Laurie Keller on the chapter book series Marty Frye, Private Eye. Janet currently lives in Los Angeles and made her new home city the setting of the Sticker Girl series, which details the adventures of Martina who overcomes being shy with the help of her magical stickers that come to life.
Jake Tashjian is the illustrator for the My Life As a...series, including My Life As a Ninja and My Life As a YouTuber. Jake also created and illustrated the Einstein the Class Hamster series. He collaborates on his novels with his mother, author Janet Tashjian. He has also illustrated several books for the author P.T. Evans.
Fun fact: Jake is a visual learner. When Jake was in elementary school, he used to draw his vocabulary words on index cards. This later became the inspiration for the main character, Derek, in the My Life As series.
In 2016 Jake co-founded Workshop 2.0, a non-profit foundation to train and hire other young artists on the Autism Spectrum.
Jake grew up in Massachusetts and currently lives in Los Angeles. He is an avid surfer and filmmaker.
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My Life as a Stuntboy
By Janet TashjianSquare Fish
Copyright © 2012 Janet TashjianAll right reserved.
ISBN: 9781250010384
My Life as a Stuntboy
Help!THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS always the worst day of the year. It's like some crazy surgeon throws you on an operating table and removes a major organ from your chest called summer. He doesn't realize how much a kid needs that organ, as much as a liver or a spleen.I feel almost bruised being back at school, and I haven't even made itto class yet. Maybe if I go to the nurse, she'll take pity on me and hook me up to an emergency life support system. But before I can make any last wishes, my friend Matt punches me in the arm and jolts me back from my daytime nightmare."This year definitely won't be as bad as the others." Matt realizes the price tag is hanging from the sleeve of his shirt so he yanks it off as we talk.When we found out we would have Mr. Maroni this year, Matt and I were almost excited about school."It'll be great to finally have a guy teacher--I've never had one." I imagine a school filled with male teachers, couches, potato chips, and flat-screen TVs.Matt shakes me from my reverieby making a buzzing noise like they use on game shows to get rid of a losing contestant. "They just announced that Mr. Maroni's father died two days ago, and Mr. Maroni is moving to Cincinnati to take care of his mother.""WHAT?" The first day of school is bad enough without getting hit with a massive curveball while you're still at your locker."Want to know who we have instead?" Matt asks.I can't even begin to guess who'll be the master of my universe this year."Ms. McCuddles."It's not that I dislike Ms. McCoddle--she's nice, young, and has super-blond hair--but Matt and I had her way back in kindergarten,and even though we're totally grown up now, she still thinks of us as kids. It was fine when we were five and she told us to call her Ms. McCuddles and hugged us when we fell during recess, but now we're almost embarrassed when we see her in the hall.I try to analyze our new situation. "Option one--Ms. McCoddle is easy on us since she's used to dealing with little kids, and we won't have to plug in our brains all year."Matt offers a different opinion. "Option two--she tries to make up for being a kindergarten teacher by being super hard on us.""The one year we're supposed to get a guy teacher--figures something would happen to mess it up."Our worst fears are realized when Ms. McCoddle walks by. "Derek! Matt! Did you hear the good news?"We look down at our sneakers and nod."I'm setting up the mats and juice boxes now. Want to help?"Matt and I stare at her like she's just asked us to run over the principal with our skateboards.Ms. McCoddle laughs so hard, she snorts. "I'm kidding! We're starting right in on the Civil War. Get ready for some fierce discussion."We watch her walk down the hall with a feeling of dread."Option two is officially in effect," Matt says.I barely hear him because I'm halfway down the hall, looking for the janitor, hoping he'll agree to knock me on the head with a mallet to put me out of my misery.Henry Holt® is a registered trademark of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. Text copyright © 2011 by Janet Tashjian Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Jake Tashjian
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Product details
- Publisher : Square Fish; First Edition (April 7, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250010381
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250010384
- Reading age : 9 - 12 years
- Lexile measure : 810L
- Grade level : Preschool - 2
- Item Weight : 8.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.15 x 0.75 x 7.6 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #216,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #69 in Hunting & Fishing Humor
- #1,747 in Children's School Issues
- #4,109 in Children's Friendship Books
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About the authors
Janet Tashjian is a middle-grade and young adult novelist who’s been writing books for children for three decades. Her award-winning MY LIFE AS A...series is about a child with a reading disability. The ten-book series is illustrated by her son, Jake Tashjian, and has been translated into two dozen languages. Her EINSTEIN THE CLASS HAMSTER series is also a collaboration with her son. Her first novel TRU CONFESSIONS was made into a critically acclaimed Disney TV movie. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LARRY is a cult favorite and FAULT LINE is taught in many middle and high schools.
Janet lives in Los Angeles. When she isn’t writing, she’s rewriting. Learn more about her twenty-seven books and her author visits at JanetTashjian.com.
Jake Tashjian is an illustrator of early chapter and middle-grade children's books. His books include the MY LIFE AS A BOOK and EINSTEIN THE CLASS HAMSTER series, which he collaborated on with his mother, the author Janet Tashjian.
He also illustrated the EMOJI ADVENTURES, MINECAT, and STINKY STEVE series for Montage Publishing. He is a founding member of the nonprofit foundation Workshop 2.0 which published his first book as both author and illustrator, BOBBY IN THE LOBBY - part of the WHERE AM I? series.
Jake currently lives in Los Angeles where he is an avid surfer and cartoon aficionado.
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The book store in our area didn't have it on the shelf so we stood there and ordered the Kindle version from inside the store. She had the book finished the next day!
Great job Janet Tashjian and thanks Amazon!
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I loved this book because it was pretty easy and fun to read I think it is a good book