My Life as a Cartoonist

6 best books like My Life as a Cartoonist (Janet Tashjian): Mistakes Were Made, Bully Bait, School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters, Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception, Football Hero, Slacker

Mistakes Were Made

Author	Stephan Pastis
ISBN	0763660507

Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis.

Take eleven-year-old Timmy Failure — the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add...

Bully Bait

Author	Michael Fry
ISBN	1423169247

Nick is the shortest seventh-grader in the history of the world (he's pretty sure), doesn't fit in with any groups or clubs (who needs 'em?), and spends more time inside than outside his locker (they're roomier than you'd think).

Things only get worse when a well-intentioned guidance...

School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters

Author	Rachel Vail
ISBN	0312532903

It's the start of the school year, and nothing feels right to Justin. He didn't get the teacher he wanted, he's not in the same class as his best friend, and his little sister, Elizabeth, is starting kindergarten at his school. Elizabeth doesn't seem nervous at all. Justin is very nervous about third grade....

Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception

Author	Gary Paulsen
ISBN	0385740018

I absolutely love going back and reading books I loved as a teenager! So when I saw this book at the library by the author of "the hatchet" I borrowed it with with high hopes. Sadly I was not all that impressed. The book jumped from subject to subject leaving a lot of story lines feeling unfinished, and it didn't...

Football Hero

Author	Tim Green
ISBN	0061122742

Success comes with risk and a high price in this thrilling standalone football novel from New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica.

Ever since Ty Lewis was orphaned and forced to stay with his legal guardian, Uncle Gus, he’s always...

Slacker

Author	Gordon Korman
ISBN	0545823153

Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and gaming for hours in his basement. It's not too hard for him to get away with it . . . until he gets so caught up in one game that he almost lets his house burn down around him.

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