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Diary of a Wimpy Kid | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: £4.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 7345
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0141324902
EAN: 9780141324906
ASIN: 0141324902
Publication Date: July 3, 2008
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Dariy of a wimp kid October 26, 2008
This book is amzing!WHEN I READ THE FIRST PAGE I NEW IT WAS GOGING TO BERLLAINT.Igot in to this book so much it only took me sixs days to read the hole thing.I gave this book five stars becaus it had loads of exsitement,drama and amexment.Icarn't wait to raed the sequel.
Dariy of a wimp kid October 26, 2008
This book is amzing!WHEN I READ THE FIRST PAGE I NEW IT WAS GOGING TO BERLLAINT.Igot in to this book so much it only took me sixs days to read the hole thing.I gave this book five stars becaus it had loads of exsitement,drama and amexment.
will make you laugh out loud on public transport, even if you are 30+ July 21, 2008
Ms. J. R. Walker (somerset, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i bought this book for my seven year old son, and decided to read a bit on the train home..... i would like to think of lots of clever things to say, but this book is just really funny. My son loved it too, and actually asked me if he could read for a bit longer! The comic style illustrations are also great fun. I recommend this book to anyone aged anything!
Brought Back Goofy Memories of My Son and His Best Friend March 3, 2008
Donald Mitchell (Boston)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you haven't had a good laugh lately, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is your source for timeless humor.
There's a particular goofiness about boys in middle school that drives parents crazy but has to delight when considered from a distance such as through reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Jeff Kinney captured that goofiness with a tongue-in-cheek irreverence that will amuse anyone reading this book.
This is a graphic novel, but not the slick sort that you see from Japan. Instead, Mr. Kinney imitates the style that a middle school boy with good printing skills might use in displaying this simulated diary in the form of Greg Heffley's journal.
Greg is a middle child as well as a middle schooler. His older brother Rodrick can't be bothered with Greg except when the temptation to torture occurs to Rodrick. His younger brother Manny is the apple of his parents' eyes and is spoiled rotten.
Greg has a few, simple needs to satisfy: Avoiding touching the cheese that's been on blacktop since the prior spring, not getting beaten up by bigger kids, playing his favorite video games (which his parents don't approve of), avoiding embarrassment, and getting credit for doing something right. Parents, teachers, fellow students, and fate conspire to thwart Greg. But Greg has one ace in the hole . . . his friend Rowley is even more of a loser than Greg is. And Greg exploits Rowley for all he's worth. The gags are often based on the results not turning out as Greg anticipated.
The book has many funny parts that will have you laughing out loud. Occasionally, Mr. Kinney goes over the top and employs too much self-satire. But the story is quickly rescued by going back into straight satire.
I derived special pleasure from the book by recounting the adventures of one of my sons and his best friend at this same age. That gave me many more things to laugh about.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too August 10, 2007
TeensReadToo.com (All Over the US & Canada)
If you work with middle grade kids, be sure to check out DIARY OF A WIMPY KID.
Greg Heffley is a 6th-grade weakling trying to make his mark in the middle school world. His family includes a mom, a dad, a heavy metal big brother, and a whiny, tattling little brother. His best friend is Rowley, another odd 6th-grader with overprotective parents and the world-class ability to annoy.
Greg is always a victim of the big, mean bullies in the school. He constantly seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In an attempt to be "cool" he experiments with the idea of weightlifting, creating his own haunted house, running for class treasurer, and building a snowman big enough to be considered for the Guiness Book of World Records. However, the only mild success he accomplishes is as a safety guard whose job is to walk the kindergarten kids home at lunchtime.
At least with that job he gets free hot chocolate and misses twenty minutes of math class.
Readers will be able to relate to Greg's typical teenage problems. His parents ground him from his video games, his older brother picks on him, his little brother gets him in trouble, and the girls in his school think he is a waste of their time. He'd like to pretend he's just a mediocre student when he is really one of the "uncool" gifted kids. The odds are just stacked against him.
Kinney bills his books as "a novel in cartoons," which is sure to be a popular feature with middle grade readers, especially those of the reluctant variety. The clever illustrations were a fantastic way to play up the already great humor in the book.
Once again, if you have anything at all to do with middle graders, get this book in their hands ASAP.
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
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