Diary of a wimpy kid. Hard luck

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Title:

Diary of a wimpy kid. Hard luck

Alternate title:

Hard luck

Author:

Kinney, Jeff, author.

Series:

Diary of a wimpy kid ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"-- Provided by publisher.

Physical Description:

217 pages : ill. ; 22 cm

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Diary fiction.

Subject Term:

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Luck -- Juvenile fiction.

Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Amulet Books,

Publication Date:

2013

ISBN:

9781419711329

Publication Information:

New York : Amulet Books, 2013.

Call Number:

M KINNEY

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Summary

Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

Author Notes

Jeff Kinney was born in College Park, Maryland on February 19, 1971. He received a degree in computer science from the University of Maryland and created a comic strip Igdoof, which ran in the campus newspaper. Before becoming an author, worked as a computer programmer, online game developer, and designer.

He is the author and illustrator of the children's series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He originally developed the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series online in installments on Funbrain.com. In 2006, he signed a publishing deal to turn his work into a print series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Is Greg Heffley's self-absorption catching up with him? Maybe so, since he spends much of the eighth book in Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series bemoaning his lack of friends. Rowley, his former right-hand man/doormat, is occupied with his new girlfriend, and Greg is so desperate for companionship that he even tries befriending class weirdo Fregley. "I could mold him into exactly the kind of friend I wanted," says Greg, who's basically looking for someone to lug his schoolbooks around and "scout ahead for dog poop" on the sidewalk. Clashes with Greg's extended family also figure in, as does Greg's discovery of a Magic 8-Ball. Kinney once again gets in plenty of funny jabs at pop culture and everyday kid life, from poster board science fair projects ("Does It Float?") to Greg's rediscovery of his flannel "Body Blankie," which, while supremely comfortable, proves to be a liability during gym class. With Kinney sticking to the same school- and family-based brand of situational humor that made the previous books so popular, his legions of fans will likely devour this eighth offering as well. Ages 8-12. Agent: Sylvie Rabineau, RWSG Literary Agency. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.