My Life as a Book (The My Life series, 1)

As a Language Arts and Reading teacher, my number one goal has always been to get students who think they don't like to read, to discover they do like to read. Often it is because they have no say in what they read. Other times it is because it is too difficult for them.Derek is like this, he likes to read but not what others think he should read. He has been given a summer reading assignment. He is doing everything he can to avoid it. He stumbles across an old trunk in the attic with a newspaper article about a girl drowning at Martha's Vineyard. When he asks his mom about it she brushes the topic aside. Derek won't let it go until he finds out the absolute truth. Along the way to the truth he learns some tricks that will help him along the path to reading. I loved the way the book was set up and the little tips and tricks in there. I know a lot of reluctant readers who will really enjoy this book.

I'm a little disappointed in the quality of the product, I ordered one that was listed as "good" condition and what I got was in very rough condition and I would've definitely listed this as fair not good condition. There was torn pages and a very torn book cover as well, I'm a librarian and have the ability to mend the torn pages, but the cover will be a hard fix.

It seem like a normal setting... until it’s not it’s is a humorous, yet some times relatable! I would definitely recommend to anyone who likes funny yet adventurous ebooks!

It was a really god book and I recommend it. It is something I like it an I think other kids will like it to.

Great book to read as classroom novel. My students really enjoyed it. As a teacher I was able to reinforce many 5th grade common state standards as we read the book.

I loved itIt was great I loved the plot also the part about Susan James it was super good I loved the book and I would recommend it to everyone

My son loves these books and it's interesting and easy to read!! Wil buy the rest of the series.

my son read this book in a few days and could not put it down. he's 9 and reads on and slightly above grade level. he's a hard one to please with finding books, but THIS book and those by this author were total entertainment. the pictures are fun. the notes and doodles are fun. the book is just a good, fun book for 9 year old boy in the 4th grade!

My daughter was introduced to this author by her Grandma who recently travelled to the US. She loves the drawings that explain what a word means.