Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (217 pages)
Greg Heffly, a middle school teenager, writes about his life in a journal, not a diary. He is a wimpy and gets bullied at home and at school. His parents don’t really care about him because they pay more attention to Manny, his little brother. His older brother, Rodrick, bullies Greg at home and at school. Greg writes almost daily through a whole school year about everything that happens in his everyday life. He doesn’t like school that much because bad things happen to him. Most of the kids are bigger, meaner, and smarter than he is and he hates it. He also writes about crazy adventures with his friend Rowley, the class clown. There are lots of great illustrations and funny moments in this book. I thought the book was pretty funny to read. If you want to read and laugh at the same time, then read “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.”
Review by Kyle V.
Marcus’s world is full of techno-secrets and gadgets. He and his friends are out in the city of San Francisco playing a reality-based technology game when a terrorist attack destroys the city’s Bay Bridge. Marcus and his friends hear announcements about taking shelter and head for the subway tunnels. The crowds are so fierce that one of his friends is stabbed! When trying to flag down help, Marcus is picked up by the Department of Homeland Security and tortured for being a suspected terrorist! This all happens in the first 50 pages of the book! Marcus’s techno-knowledge helps him to lead an underground, anonymous rebellion with the help an XBox and he tries to restore normalcy to his beloved home city. (for mature readers)
