WRITTEN BY Jeff Kinney
Genre: Comedy
This book would be suitable to ages 5-15.
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so- cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.
In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's new found popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.
'this "novel in cartoons" should keep readers in stitches, eagerly anticipating Greg's further adventures.' (Publishers Weekly)
'Laugh-out loud...lots of fun throughout.' (Booklist)
Book Awards:
-Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, 2009
-Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2009
This book would be suitable to ages 5-15.
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.
Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so- cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.
In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's new found popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.
'this "novel in cartoons" should keep readers in stitches, eagerly anticipating Greg's further adventures.' (Publishers Weekly)
'Laugh-out loud...lots of fun throughout.' (Booklist)
Book Awards:
-Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, 2009
-Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2009