Diary of a Wimpy Kid is centered around Greg Heffley, a self-centered middle-schooler who is over-confident. The story starts off, mainly (since a middle-schooler has to have some not-really-essential-to-the-plot stories, right? I mean, is everyone who is in middle school's life all a big story???) as someone eating all of the snacks in the snack bin. So Greg keeps on repeatedly falling asleep in class because all he gets in lunch are 2 fruits and no snacks, which are Gregs essential to staying awake and having enough energy in class. So one day, Greg falls asleep in one of his classes, and didn't wake up until the next period, so he got signed detention. And then, trying to find out who the person who keeps on eating the snacks, he "campouts" near the snack bin and when he finds who it was..., well, you'll be surprized. Also another main story plot is when he sees one of his old enemies, a teenager called Lenwood Heath, who got sent off into military school to learn to behave because when he used to live in the neighborhood, he was lighting someone's trash on fire. Anyway, when Greg, his dad, and his brother Rodrick go to the movies, they see Lenwood being like a gentleman working at the movie theater. When Lenwood and Greg's dad were talking, Lenwood got the idea in Greg's dad's head that he should send Greg to military school. Greg tries to avoid it, but in the end...you'll have to find out!
Jeff Kinney really appeals to young readers because Kinney makes Greg seem so life-like and real. Some of the kids around here probably can actually relate to Greg. I know I could. And he actually makes the book seem like a diary (journal, as Greg calls it) by putting pictures and adding dates and whatnot. Also, sometimes the plot goes out of line for a bit, like one day...then the next day, something different, then the 3rd day.... It is actually real and appeals to many teenagers.
********** out of ********** (8/10)
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