My Life as a Stuntboy

By Janet Tashjian and Jake Tashjian

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Oct 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466830653

Janet Tashjian

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.

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[paula2childrenslib · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Derek does not like to read but makes it easier on himself to make drawings of the more difficult words and that is how this book is illustrated. He would rather play with his adopted monkey than clean his diaper but when he is offered to do some stunts in a movie, he is willing to sign a contract to do all those things and more. Will he loose his best friend Matt because of the movie business?