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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 1
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"This is a journal, not a diary!" Boys don’t keep diaries...or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to. It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where... read more
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Summary edit
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about a kid's life in school and out of school. On Halloween, his friend Rowley dressed as Superman and he dressed as a lazy man. At school there was some rotten cheese and started the cheese touch. At the end, it showed that he was so much of a wimpy kid. He made... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Gregory Heffley: Greg is getting into his new school and finds it hard to adjust. He has only one friend, Rowley. Greg's life is very funny, he records everything in his diary. Greg is a total dork and everyone in his school thinks he is lame. He thinks very highly of himself though.
- Rowley Jefferson: Gregory's best friend. Rowley embarrasses Greg by acting like a preschooler, and Greg treats Rowley like a follower, not a friend. Greg treats Rowley more like a sidekick than a best friend, though. Rowley is said to be childish and has a mind like a 5 year old. Rowley is an only child.
- Susan Heffley: Susan Heffley is Greg's mother who is described (by Greg) as almost nothing more than an annoying pain. She tries hard to be a good, loving, dedicated mother and wife, but she turns out to just be embarrassing.
- Frank Heffley: Greg's dad. Like Susan, he also spoils Manny. Frank doesn't really like Greg's laziness and his hobby of playing video games.
- Manny Heffley: Manny is Greg's younger brother and is even more spoiled than both Rodrick and Greg combined, is a tattletale and loves candy. Manny is extremely selfish, mean, bratty, greedy and phobic. And he calls Greg names and does not get in trouble. His mom never yells at him and is immune to getting in trouble. And he is SCARED of the "Potty Monster".
- Rodrick Heffley: Rodrick is Greg's older brother. Lazy, greedy, stupid, and a bit cruel. He likes to torture Greg, although he is smart enough to not to mess up with Manny. The drummer of the band "Loded Diper".
- Collin Lee: Rowley's substitute best friend.
- Shane Snella: The first volunteer for Greg and Rowley's haunted house.
- Bryce Anderson: The most popular kid in school at Greg's middle school.
- Preston Mudd: The athlete of the month in Greg's Middle School.
- Chirag Gupta: One of the shortest kids in 6th grade.
- Fregley: School nutter and immature dude. Weird kid. Greg hates him.
Quotes edit
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“Everyone be sure to wish Greg a happy birthday!”They all start to hit him. He is glad he’s not on the swim team this year because he gets punched on his birthday. He couldn’t lift his arm because it was so sore. He was punched ten times that day by all of the team mates.”
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“The muddy hand” It is off a scary movie the Greg and his friend had watched the one night. It was about a hand made of mud that was killing a lot of people. Him and his friend thought that they were next and they slept in the bathroom.”
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“Then I slipped the bill up between the boards and waited for the first victim.” The borders are at the boardwalk on the beach. It was a trick his brother had taught him to do. He had a teenager do it and they all chased him and he got away. They did it again to a little kid and when tried the third time the little kid was too fast for them and got the dollar before they could pull it down.”
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“My mom got this for me so I could write my feelings down." Greg's Mom got him this Diary so he could write how he feels in/about middle school. but Greg uses it to write what happens during his 1st year in middle school.”
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“I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.”
Setting & Locations edit
Gregory's house, The Middle School, The Video game store, etc
- Home: A place were you live.
- the video game store: A place were you buy games.
- Middle School: A school for kids in grades 6-8th
- Rowley's house: Where Rowley lives
Organizations edit
- Loded Diper: Rodrick's Band that plays rock
First Sentence edit
First of all, let me get something straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary.
Table of Contents edit
There are no specified chapters. Only dates
Glossary edit
- Cheese Touch: Noun. A taboo of touching a horribly rancid cheese on the basketball court of your school, hence causing people to avoid you. You can pass on this cheese touch to another by simply touching that other person, and that person to another, and the cycle goes on. The only way to avoid receiving the cheese touch is to keep your fingers crossed as one attempts to pass it to you.
- Twisted Wizard: A video game that Greg and Rowley play.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 8 in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. (standard series)
Followed by Rodrick Rules.
This is book 77 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Shack, and followed by The Road.
This is book 136 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)
Preceded by Angela's Ashes, and followed by Siddhartha.
This book is in My favorite Books!. (community list)
This is book 63 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Notebook, and followed by Fahrenheit 451.
This is book 62 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and followed by The Outsiders.
This is book 2 of 215 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Wonky Donkey, and followed by The Recruit.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jeff Kinney (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Amulet Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-1433-0383-1
Page Count: 218
Publisher: Amulet Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-1433-0383-1
Page Count: 218
Awards edit
- Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011) (2011, #18)
- ALA Best Book for Young Adults (2008, #3)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 2006031847
- Dewey: Add the Dewey Classification.
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Movie Connections edit
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (IMDb): 2010 It is not that good as the book but it is ok and you should watch Dairy of The Wimpy Kid 2.
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