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.


塗鴉天才德列克 又來了!12歲的他這次想要探索成長的滋味，但卻不斷碰到一堆不幸的事情，讓他又像個小孩一樣無助...

無論是在實驗教室的蟲蟲解剖過程昏倒、在體育課中跌倒得了個厚唇，使他一整天口齒不清、還是計畫中的怪物卡車派對變成了蹦跳屋災難，這所有事情都毀了德列克對中學的美好想像。

不過幸好也諷刺地是...在他那專門為「小朋友玩具募款」的好朋友的幫忙之下，這些悲慘的事情終於有了轉機。

德列克本人強推：

我塗鴉超威。你可以邊看圖邊讀我的故事。
我閱讀超遜。但我發現超讚的閱讀方法。
我搞怪超酷。我和麥特聯手，我媽快瘋了！

My Life as a Book 塗鴉天才德列克 #1: 我媽也不知道的秘密
My Life as a Stuntboy 塗鴉天才德列克 #2：不要叫我特技姐！
My Life as a Cartoonist 塗鴉天才德列克 #3
My Life as a Joke 塗鴉天才德列克 #4

德列克最受不了媽媽或老師叫他去看書或閱讀，
他寧願用火柴人畫出一個個的單字。
即使不想看故事，他卻發現自己還是莫名被故事包圍，
包括探索家族祕密、認識勇敢的小猴子，甚至還要去當特技替身演員！
就讓德列克用火柴人帶你進入這個有點搞笑又有點溫馨的塗鴉小說世界！