about the book
Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon is looking forward to a summer filled with tossing avocado grenades, smashing action figures under trucks, and climbing onto his garage roof to mess with the satellite dish in his California home.
His parents have other plans for him, however, and now he’s going to Learning Day Camp for six weeks. Derek is miserable.
But one day he uncovers a major distraction in his attic. He finds a ten-year-old newspaper article about the accidental death of teenage girl on a Martha’s Vineyard beach.
Though his parents don’t want to talk about the event, Derek somehow knows he is connected to this mystery. He sets out to discover who is responsible for the girl’s death.
about the author
One of the most frequent questions Janet Tashjian gets asked is, “How do you pronounce your name?” Visit her website for an audio clip of the correct pronunciation!
Janet, of course, loves reading. It is her favorite activity. She also loves going to schools and talking to children about the joys of writing. When she writes her books, Janet writes with a pen and paper—she’s still a journalist at heart—but uses her MacBook to do the final versions.
When asked if she bases her characters on people she knows, Janet says that she likes staying in imaginative places when thinking of characters, but some of her characters are very conspicuously named after her friends.
Janet grew up in Rhode Island and lived most of her life in Boston before moving to Los Angeles, where she now lives with her husband.
Sources:
Author website
Author profile : Amazon
Author biography : Encyclopedia.com
Also by Janet Tashjian:
My Life as a Joke (My Life, Book 4). Henry Holt. 2014.
My Life as a Cartoonist (My Life, Book 3). Henry Holt. 2013.
My Life as a Stuntboy (My Life, Book 2). Henry Holt. 2011.
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