My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian

In My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian school is out and picky reader Derek is ready to have the time of his life until he is assigned a summer reading list and project. He has to read three books by the end of the summer! On top of that he is sent to Learning Camp. While searching his attic in the little free time he has he finds a newspaper article that discusses a death at Martha's Vineyard. He bugs his mom to tell him why she was keeping the excerpt but once he learns he wishes he had never asked. To unravel the family secret and learn how Derek save his summer than you should read My Life as a Book.

★★★(out of five)