⢠My Life as a Book
⢠Fault Line
⢠Multiple Choice
⢠Tru Confessions
⢠Marty Frye, Private Eye
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The Larry Series:
⢠The Gospel According to Larry
⢠Vote for Larry
⢠Larry and the Meaning of Life
Janet Tashjian is the author of many popular novels, including
My Life as a Book, the Larry seriesâThe Gospel According to Larry, Vote for Larry,
and
Larry and the Meaning of Life
âas well as
Fault Line; Multiple Choice; Tru
Confessions,
and
Marty Frye, Private Eye
. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.
Jake Tashjian is the illustrator of
My Life
as a Book. He has been drawing pictures of his vocabulary words on index cards since he was a kid and now has a stack taller than a house. When he's not drawing, he loves to surf, read comic books, and watch movies.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetimeâto perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old starâbut complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.
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Text copyright © 2011 by Janet Tashjian
Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Jake Tashjian
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eISBN 9781466822900
First eBook Edition : May 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tashjian, Janet.
My life as a stuntboy / Janet Tashjian ; with cartoons by Jake Tashjian.â1st ed.
p. cm.
“Christy Ottaviano Books.”
[1. Stunt performersâFiction. 2. Motion picturesâProduction and directionâFiction. 3. Monkeys as petsâFiction. 4. SchoolsâFiction. 5. Family lifeâCaliforniaâLos AngelesâFiction. 6. Los Angeles (Calif.)âFiction. 7. Children's art.] I. Tashjian, Jake, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.T211135Myf 2011
[Fic]âdc22
2010029884
First editionâ2011
Book design by Elynn Cohen