My Life As A Book Essay

My Life as a Book

The days to summer break are ticking down and all Derek Fallon can think about is the fun and mischief he is going to get up to. Authored by Janet Tashjian with cartoons on the side of the pages by Jake Tashijian, My Life as a Book is an adventurous book about a young boy, his reading list and a mysterious death. Dereck Fallon is the type of boy who is only focused on anything that isn’t learning and when he is given a summer reading list he is outraged. His mother and father are sick and tired of cleaning up after his fun that they decide upon sending him to learning camp for the holidays. When he finds out he is outraged he will not be able to hang out with matt, his best friend from down the road, and even more angry when he finds out the teacher’s pet from school will also be attending. When Margot, his camp leader, informs him that she is also a reluctant reader, his outlook towards reading changes. She tells him to visualise what is being read, paint a mental image in your mind and to relax. My Life as a …show more content…
Derek Fallon is a young boy in middle school who is a hesitant learner. He learns his vocabulary by drawing little cartoons on flash cards that define the word he is learning. These words are shown on the side of most pages throughout the book. Derek inherits his illustrating skills from his father who is a story-board illustrator for movies. Although he is an unenthused learner, his drawings are what manage to help him persevere through the raging rapids of the school year. When finding an unusual newspaper article about a girl found dead on a beach in Martha’s Vineyard. He is so intrigued by this yet when he mentions the subject to his mother she brushes off the matter. As the summer is starting Derek is faced with two problems: Matt going away on vacations and being sent to learning