Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney (2007)
“A brutally honest diary from a kid who thinks he's the smartest person in the room — and is almost always wrong.”
Short Summary
Greg Heffley starts middle school convinced he's destined for popularity and fame, documenting his misadventures in a journal he insists is not a diary. Over the course of the school year, Greg schemes his way through the social hierarchy, exploits his best friend Rowley Jefferson, avoids his older brother Rodrick's torments, and learns almost nothing about himself — which is precisely the point.
Detailed Summary
Greg Heffley is entering sixth grade at a nameless middle school, and he has a plan. He believes that middle school is the first real step toward fame and fortune, and he's documenting everything in a journal — emphatically not a diary — so that when he's rich and famous, he won't have to answer eve...