My Life as a Joke

My Life as a JokeDerek 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. 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. Why isn't being in middle school as great as Derek

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. 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. 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.

My Life as a Joke by Janet and Jake Tashjian is a Christy Ottaviano Book

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 04/01/2014
ISBN: 9780805098501
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.71w x 1.07d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2014 pg. 114
School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 109
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 92 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 167063 / My Life as a Joke
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4