Synopsis: As Jeff Kinney writes in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, Middle school hits hard when you’re small, skinny, and surrounded by kids who already shave. Greg Heffley documents his survival — through cartoons, schemes, and one very unfortunate friendship — in the book that turned journal-writing into a global phenomenon.
Greg Heffley wants one thing: to survive middle school without becoming a total nobody. It doesn’t help that he’s landed in a school where the size difference between grades looks less like a hallway and more like a food chain. His mom’s solution — keep a journal — makes Greg deeply uncomfortable, mostly because he’s convinced journals are for girls. This, he insists repeatedly, is a “journal,” not a “diary.”
What follows is a school year narrated half in words, half in Greg’s own stick-figure cartoons — a format Kinney pioneered that turns each page into something closer to a comic strip than a chapter book.
Greg schemes his way through cheese touch outbreaks, a disastrous wrestling unit, and the slow, painful realization that his best friend Rowley might be more popular than he is. None of Greg’s plans go the way he wants — which is exactly why they’re funny.
Originally serialized online before landing a print deal, Diary of a Wimpy Kid became an instant hit with reluctant readers and enthusiastic ones alike, spawning a 21-book series, multiple films, and a readership that now spans generations. For any kid who’s ever felt like the smallest person in the room, Greg’s disasters make for oddly comforting company.
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- Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1)
- Author: Jeff Kinney
- Publisher: Amulet Books
- Publication date: January 1, 2007
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN-13: 978-0810988934
- Pages: 217 pages
- Genre: Middle-grade fiction / Humor / Illustrated novel
- Condition: Very Good
- Availability: Sold
- Price: KES550
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