My Life as a Cartoonist
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In Book Three of the popular My Life . . . series by Janet Tashjian, Derek Fallon’s plan to help out a new classmate backfires miserably There’s a new kid in Derek Fallon’s class. His name is Umberto and he uses a wheelchair. Derek’s family is still fostering Frank the monkey, and Derek thinks it would be great to train Frank to assist Umberto. But Derek quickly realizes that Umberto is definitely not looking for any help. Derek soon becomes the butt of Umberto’s jokes. On top of that, Umberto starts stealing Derek’s cartoon ideas and claiming them as his own. How did Derek get himself into this mess, and how can he find a way out before he is the laughingstock of school? The answer may very well be his cartoon strip–SUPER FRANK! My Life as a Cartoonist features illustrations by Janet Tashjian’s son, Jake Tashjian .
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Janet Tashjian is the author of the popular My Life series including My Life as a Book, My Life as a Stuntboy, My Life as a Cartoonist, My Life as a Joke, My Life as a Gamer, and My Life as a Ninja, as well as Sticker Girl and the Einstein the Class Hamster series, illustrated by her son, Jake Tashjian. Jake and Janet live in Studio City, California.
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.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780805096095
- Publication Date
- April 30, 2013
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Page Count
- 272
- Words Per Page
- 102
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 9 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2012046201
- Lexile® Level
- 860L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~T
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 4
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 159175
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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