I read this book to my 9-year old son. He enjoyed it and asked immediately for the sequel. It's about a boy named Derek who would rather do almost anything than read a book (especially during the summer). He ends up finding stories everywhere, starting in his own attic. He finds a 10-year old newspaper clipping about a teenage girl who drowned on Martha's Vineyard. Investigating this story leads him to find out things about himself and his past. ( )

Derek is a reluctant reader who really does not want to tackle the assigned summer reading from his teacher, even though his mother bribes him with two chocolate chips per each page read. Instead, he spends his summer intrigued by a story that he discovers in an old newspaper in the attic, an incident that involved him when he was two years old. His technique of sketching the definitions of new vocabulary words may inspire other kids to try the same, and it's a nice touch that he recognizes that stories are a part of our lives (thus the title). ( )

Pretty simple. If you like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, then you'll enjoy this book too. It's not as picture reliant or intensive as the Diary series. Instead it has doodles and scribbles of various words or actions within the margins. This is a good intermediate step for someone trying to ween a reader off of the Diary series or for someone desperate for more like it. I like that the doodles help develop the book's vocabulary. Very clever and a quick read. ( )

Title: My Life As A Book Author:Janet Tashjian
I give this book three stars

The main character is Derek Fallon a young boy. The story is mainly about what happens to him in the summer and what his hobbies are. Derek likes to throw water balloons climbing into garbage cans. But his parents sends him learning camp, all of his summer plans and dreams are ruinen. His mom forces him to read harder books. after all Derek has fun at camp he found out a family secret and made a ton of new friends and memories! I think this is a good book to read when you have spare time it has a great sense of humor!

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