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Janet Tashjian

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Janet Tashjian is a middle-grade and young adult novelist who’s been writing books for children for fifteen years. Her first novel Tru Confessions was made into a critically acclaimed Disney TV movie starring Clara Bryant and Shia LaBeouf. The Gospel According to Larry is a cult favorite and Fault Line is taught in many middle and high schools. Her novels My Life As a Book, My Life As a Stuntboy, and My Life As a Cartoonist are all illustrated by her teenage son, Jake. Their collaboration continues with Einstein the Class Hamster coming in August.

Janet lives with her family in Los Angeles, enjoying her respite from the long Boston winters. When she isn’t writing, she’s rewriting.

Janet has been doing school visits for fifteen years; you can ...more

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Thanks for an Awesome Fall Tour!

Kids aren’t the only ones who go back to school in the fall. In five weeks I visited schools in over a dozen cities across the country and met some AWESOME young readers – from all the brilliant students who couldn’t wait to share their ideas for the next MY LIFE AS book to one vocabulary rockstar who nailed the definition of triskaidekaphobia. #mademyday

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	My Life as a Book (My Life, #1) by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 4,678 ratings — published 2010 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gospel According to Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 3,700 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Stuntboy (My Life, #2) by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 1,780 ratings — published 2011 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Cartoonist (My Life, #3) by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vote for Larry (Gospel According to Larry, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 724 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Gamer (My Life, #5) by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 582 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fault Line: A Novel 3.69 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Life as a Joke (My Life, #4) by Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author), Jake Tashjian (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Multiple Choice 3.59 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Larry and the Meaning of Life (Gospel According to Larry, #3) 3.40 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Janet Tashjian

My Life (11 books)
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Jake Tashjian (Illustrator)

4.00 avg rating — 8,852 ratings

Gospel According to Larry (3 books)
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Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author)

3.71 avg rating — 4,792 ratings

Einstein the Class Hamster (3 books)
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Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author),

Jake Tashjian (Illustrator)

3.58 avg rating — 240 ratings

Sticker Girl (3 books)
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3.91 avg rating — 148 ratings

Marty Frye, Private Eye (3 books)
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Janet Tashjian (Goodreads Author),

Laurie Keller (Illustrator)

3.77 avg rating — 129 ratings

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Quotes by Janet Tashjian (?)

“Play dead often and long enough and people begin to think you are.”
― Janet Tashjian, Fault Line: A Novel

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“There's conflict on every continent, the poverty rate is increasing, the environment's a wreck, and I'm not supposed to be affected?”
― Janet Tashjian, Larry and the Meaning of Life

tags: life, our-world, the-environment

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“Here's the thing about being shy: just because you're not bowling people over with your giant personality, they might think there's not a lot going on inside. But they'd be wrong. Quiet types have rich inner worlds - we just don't let everyone see them.”
― Janet Tashjian, Sticker Girl

tags: introvert

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