My Life as a Joke

by Janet Tashjian

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080509850X
• ISBN13: 9780805098501
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7