| My Life as a Stuntboy Contributor(s): Tashjian, Janet (Author), Tashjian, Jake (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1250010381 ISBN-13: 9781250010384 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Film - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010029884 |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Series: My Life |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Friendship - Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Cultural Region - Southern California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 146926 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tashjian, Janet: - 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. Tashjian, Jake: -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. |