My Life as a Meme

My Life as a Meme
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250196582

Book 8 of the much-loved My Life series Derek Fallon loves making funny memes, but when he finds himself the joke of a viral meme, he realizes how easy it is to offend others using this platform. Derek decides to confront the creator of the hurtful meme, all during the backdrop of a fire evacuation that has put him in the same place as his meme bully. Here is another thoughtful, funny, and timely adventure in the life of the ever-loving, ever-mischievous Derek Fallon. Christy Ottaviano Books

My Life as a Book

My Life as a Book
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-07-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466830689

Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he's been labeled a "reluctant reader," his mom has pushed him to read "real" books-something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls. My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

My Life as a Youtuber

My Life as a Youtuber
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627798935

Book 7 of the much-loved My Life series that has the irrepressible Derek Fallon starting his own Youtube web series! Derek Fallon finally found something to get excited about at school—an extracurricular class on making videos! Together with his friends Carly, Matt, and Umberto, Derek can’t wait to create his own Youtube web series. But he soon realizes Youtube stardom is a lot of work. On top of that, it’s time for his foster monkey Frank to go to monkey college so Derek must scramble to find a reason for Frank to stay with his family—if only a little while longer. Can Derek solve both problems at once? What if Frank became a part of Derek's Youtube videos? Here's another funny and thoughtful novel in the series that centers around most every tween today’s pastime—Youtube! Christy Ottaviano Books

My Life as a Joke

My Life as a Joke
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 080509864X

Derek Fallon discovers all the angst that comes with being twelve—he just wants to feel grown up, but life gets in the way with a series of mishaps that make him look like a baby. He passes out during a worm dissection in science class, falls flat on his face in gym class and gets a fat lip that causes him to lisp all day, and his plans for a monster-truck party turn into a bouncy house disaster. Why isn't being in middle school as great as Derek imagined? Thankfully, with a little help from his friends—and, ironically, a Toys for Tots fundraiser—things seem like they could start shaping up at last. My Life as a Joke by Janet and Jake Tashjian is a Christy Ottaviano Book

My Life as a Stuntboy

My Life as a Stuntboy
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011-10-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466822902

Derek Fallon gets the opportunity of a lifetime—to be a stunt boy in a major movie featuring a pretty teen starlet. After accepting the job he learns that he is the star's stunt double and must wear a wig! His friends are never going to let him live this down. If that weren't his only problem, his parents are threatening to give away his pet monkey, and his best friend just posted an embarrassing video of him on Youtube. Can life get any worse? Still the irrepressible Derek takes it all in stride and even manages to save the day.

My Life as a Cartoonist

My Life as a Cartoonist
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0805096094

Twelve-year-old Derek wants to train his pet monkey to help Umberto, a new student who uses a wheelchair, but Umberto would rather steal Derek's cartoon ideas.

The Meme Machine

The Meme Machine
Author: Susan Blackmore
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2000-03-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191574619

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.

My Life as a Coder

My Life as a Coder
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250261805

My Life as a Coder is the ninth book in Janet Tashjian's much-loved, diary fiction My Life series starring reluctant reader Derek Fallon, featuring illustrations by Jake Tashjian. Derek Fallon receives an exciting new gift--a laptop! But there's a catch: it has no Wi-Fi so he can't use it for gaming. If he wants to play computer games, he'll have to learn how to code them himself. Another unforgettable adventure awaits in Book 9 of the My Life series, this time involving tech and coding! Christy Ottaviano Books

Don't Tase Me Bro! Real Questions, Fake News, and My Life As a Meme

Don't Tase Me Bro! Real Questions, Fake News, and My Life As a Meme
Author: Andrew Meyer
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2018-12-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781547172634

An autobiographical story of a journalist's burning desire to find the truth in politics - and the incredible journey and international outrage that happened when he asked his questions.

My Life as a Ninja

My Life as a Ninja
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627798897

Derek Fallon becomes a ninja-in-training in Book 6 of the much-loved My Life series.