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Rodrick Rules
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 2

Rodrick Rules (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Jeff Kinney (Author) (edit contributors)

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Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.

As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him and one event in particular.

Unfortunately for Greg, his older... read more

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The book starts with Greg's Mom buying him a blank blue diary when he says "Remember how I said that if some jerk caught me carrying a book with "diary" on the cover, they were gonna get the wrong idea? Well, that's exactly what happened today.", Rodrick tries to shout "Sissy!" and then... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The book starts with Greg's Mom buying him a blank blue diary when he says "Remember how I said that if some jerk caught me carrying a book with "diary" on the cover, they were gonna get the wrong idea? Well, that's exactly what happened today.", Rodrick tries to shout "Sissy!" and then punches him after writing about his swimming class.

The next day, Greg explains how bad his summer was with his brother Rodrick, who knows a secret that Greg is trying to keep after Rodrick puts him in the back of his van to find ever speed bump in the town, he drops Greg off to school, but Greg finds out he still has the Cheese Touch from last year (which is said on the book), he gets away with passing it on to a new kid, called Jeremy Pindle. Later, it is clear that Greg and Rodrick are always broke, so Mom starts a "Mom Bucks" program. Rodrick, at first, mismanages the money on his magazines, whilst Greg carefully manages the cash. Rodrick has an upcoming science project, and tells it that he would prefer to do it on 'Gravity', but clearly shows no effort, and asks his family members to do it for him. Rodrick later pretends to have the flu and after Mom and Dad leaves the house, he calls every friend he knows and has a party. Half a month later, Greg notices Rowley has play money identical to that of "Mom Bucks" and takes it home to put under his mattress. When Greg fails to do his history homework, he must borrow an assignment from Rodrick and pay him $20,000 in Mom Bucks. Unfortunately, Mom finds out about the stolen Mom Bucks when Rodrick tries to cash in the lot and she confiscates all of Greg’s Mom Bucks, including his real ones.

After Thanksgiving, Rodrick's party is uncovered by a photo and he is grounded. Greg is accused of being an 'accomplice' to Rodrick, and is banned from playing video games, even though he had been locked in the basement the whole time and had nothing to do with the party, much to Greg's dismay, and he is really mad, because Shelby the popular freshman, hot girl at the party) was there and Greg really thought she was hot. Rodrick then starts preparing for the talent show, despite his punishment (he wasn't allowed to leave the house). Dad then ends his punishment two weeks early because he hated listening to Rodrick's band, Löaded Diaper, play every day. After Greg hurts Rowley by putting a dumbell in a pillow that Rowley kicks during a sleepover, Greg must perform in the talent show with a first-grader, Scotty Douglas, who Rowley was partners with. They don't qualify, but Rodrick's band does. Rodrick, eager to continue to the talent show, hands in his Gravity science project earlier, but then is forced to do it again, since his project lacked several requirements. Rodrick tries to tell the teacher clearly about it, but then the teacher claims that it was a fairly easy experiment and did not make clear sense.

Dad tries to persuade to Rodrick to give up the show, but Rodrick insists on the show, so that he can send it to record label companies and bail out of school so he and Löded Diper can get noticed. Dad accepts this, half-heartedly. During the talent show, Rodrick has his band's performance taped so he can send it to the record companies, but afterwards the video is rendered useless after it is found that Mom (who was taping the video) had talked the whole time and everything she said was heard on the tape. Rodrick accuses Greg, and they get into a fight, and their parents send Rodrick down to his room and Greg up to his. Later, Rodrick spills the beans on what happened over the summer. Greg says that at Leisure Towers the retirement house where their grandfather lives, Rodrick takes Greg’s diary and makes a run for it, but trips on some board games. Greg grabs the diary, runs to the toilet and starts ripping off the pages to destroy it. Unfortunately, he finds out he’s in the ladies bathroom and is pulled out, being called a Peeping Tom. However, Greg ends up getting popular for what he did because the story gets extremely twisted from going to the women's bathroom in the retirement home to invading the girls' locker room in Crossland High School.

The story ends with Greg helping Rodrick with his science project for school called Do Plants Sneeze?, because he feels sorry for the video on the internet of his band, Löded Diper at the talent show which has been an worldwide internet hit due to his mom dancing in it.

Characters edit see section history

  • Gregory Heffley: The main character, narrator, and the protagonist of the series who faces difficulty in middle school. He is a 6th-8th grader goes to an unnamed school and town. He is also the "wimpy kid", as each novel in the series is one of his "diaries". He has a good friendship with Rowley Jefferson although Greg often wonders how the two can possibly be friends. He is a huge gaming addict, and could be the second most unluckiest person in the world.
  • Rowley Jefferson: Greg's best friend who usually helps with Gregory with his schemes.He is more of a follower or a sidekick to Greg, and sometimes gets annoyed with him. Greg thinks that he is just not "grown up." Rowley is still in his "kid" stage and won't, unfortunately, let that go. To Greg, he is not "middle-school ready" yet. Rowley does every thing for greg and greg loves that but he doesnt thank him. He uses Rowley to 'do all the dirty work.'
  • Rodrick Heffley: Greg's annoying mean older brother. Rodrick is Greg's older brother and is a major jerk in the series, since he often blackmails Greg. The best conclusion to this is that Greg took away attention from him when he was born. Rodrick is meaner, lazier, crueler, and greedier than Greg. He doesn't talk to Manny, his younger brother much, and is a fan of heavy metal. He treats his brothers like trash, and doesn't really take care of himself. He has a band called "Loaded Diaper" that is spelt "Loded Diper." He doesn't know that it's spelt wrong. Rodrick doesnt care about anybody else
  • Susan Heffley: Greg's (as described by Greg) annoying pain in the butt mother. She tries hard to be a good, loving, dedicated mother and wife, but she constantly and inadvertently does something wrong in her efforts. From dancing with Greg to giving him a diary, she really is a freak. Susan, is also very overprotective towards Greg's younger brother, Manny. Greg is a lazy kid who has his friends do everything for him.
  • Fregley Farley: He is strange kid. Awkward and creepy.
  • Holly Hills: The most popular girl in Gregory's grade. Most boys in her class have a crush on her. Greg is also in love with her, but he is too shy to admit it to her.
  • Mrs. Jefferson: Rowley's mother that is overprotective.
  • Heather Hills: She's Holly's sister. Heather is in Rodrick's grade. Heather hates Rodrick.
  • Manny Heffley: Greg's younger brother. He is very spoiled by his parents. Greg is very jealous of Manny since he gets all the good stuff.
  • Leland: Rowley's neighbor and watcher.
  • Chirag Gupta: Chirag Gupta is a very small middleschooler. He is an Indian...not that popular. He is kind of a nerd and "hangs out" with Greg... "sometimes that is!"
  • Gramma: Greg's grandmother. Greg loves his grandma because of her money.
  • Grandpa: Greg's grandfather, who lives at Leisure Towers. Cares about his grandchildren but his grandchildren dont care about him
  • Frank Heffley: Greg, Rodrick, and Manny's father. He is married to Susan Heffley.He cares how the house looks and how it is taken care of. He is a really organized guy and wants everything to be... perfect
  • Mr. Huff: Mr. Huff is Greg's mean history teacher.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Zoo-wee-mama!”
    Greg
  • “We can call ourselves the diary twins!”
    Rowley

Setting & Locations edit see section history

This book take place in Greg's house and around the town.

Organizations edit see section history

  • Löded diper: Rodrick's band: It's actually spelt wrong... but he doesn't even know.

First Sentence edit see section history

I guess Mom was pretty proud of herself for making me write in that journal last year, because she went and bought me another one.

Table of Contents edit see section history

There are no specific chapters, but there are dates and months to keep track of the time.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 8 in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. (standard series)

Preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and followed by The Last Straw.

This is book 199 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)
This book is in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 146 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 2 of 216 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jeff Kinney (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Amulet Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 1, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8109-9473-7
Page Count: 217

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Dog Days
  • The Last Straw
  • Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
  • Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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