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Dubray Review

Welcome to Greg Heffleys ‘journal’. It’s not a diary, because diaries are for wimps. Unfortunately, Greg is a wimpy kid AND a middle child – a sure recipe for disaster. But this year’s going to be different; he’s no longer going to be the wimpiest kid in his class. At least that’s what he would like to think.

‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ follows Greg’s best efforts to fit in throughout the school year. His misadventures with his best friend Rowley are doomed from the start, but Greg never seems to see it. We hear all about his many trials and tribulations – as in, his family and friends – as well as his unusually complicated relationship with cheese.

Illustrated throughout with hilarious and charming comic strips, this is an easy read for less confident booklovers that will also appeal to more able readers who love to be entertained.

If Henry is too horrid and Judy’s just too moody, then let Greg’s Diary bring out the Wimpy Kid in you.

- Olivia Bergin, Kilkenny

Synopsis

Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. 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.

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