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    The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #3) by Jeff Kinney

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    • ISBN: 0810970686
    • Publisher: Abrams,Harry N Inc
    • Pub. Date: January 2009
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    Synopsis

    The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level.

    Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father’s efforts to change him. But when Greg’s dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out.

    Greg and his family and friends, who make the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books a must-read for middle school readers, are back and at their best in this hilarious new installment of the series, which is sure to please current fans while attracting new ones.

    Publishers Weekly-1/19/2009:

    The third book in this genre-busting series is certain to enlarge Kinney’s presence on the bestseller lists, where the previous titles have taken up residence for the past two years. Kinney’s spot-on humor and winning formula of deadpan text set against cartoons are back in full force. This time, Greg starts off on New Year’s Day (he resolves to “help other people improve,” telling his mother, “I think you should work on chewing your potato chips more quietly”) and ends with summer vacation. As he fends off his father’s attempts to make him more of a man (the threat of military school looms), Greg’s hapless adventures include handing out anonymous valentines expressing his true feelings (“DearJames, You smell”), attempting to impress his classmate Holly and single-handedly wrecking his soccer team’s perfect season. Kinney allows himself some insider humor as well, with Greg noting the “racket” children’s book authors have going. “All you have to do is make up a character with a snappy name, and then make sure the character learns a lesson at the end of the book.” Greg, self-centered as ever, may be the exception proving that rule. Ages 8–12. (Jan.)

    Publishers Weekly

    The third book in this genre-busting series is certain to enlarge Kinney's presence on the bestseller lists, where the previous titles have taken up residence for the past two years. Kinney's spot-on humor and winning formula of deadpan text set against cartoons are back in full force. This time, Greg starts off on New Year's Day (he resolves to "help other people improve," telling his mother, "I think you should work on chewing your potato chips more quietly") and ends with summer vacation. As he fends off his father's attempts to make him more of a man (the threat of military school looms), Greg's hapless adventures include handing out anonymous valentines expressing his true feelings ("Dear James, You smell"), attempting to impress his classmate Holly and single-handedly wrecking his soccer team's perfect season. Kinney allows himself some insider humor as well, with Greg noting the "racket" children's book authors have going. "All you have to do is make up a character with a snappy name, and then make sure the character learns a lesson at the end of the book." Greg, self-centered as ever, may be the exception proving that rule. Ages 8-12.
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    Jeff Kinney is an online game developer and designer, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and now lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife and their two sons.

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    12/01/2009: Diary of a Wimpey Kid

    " The Last Straw "

    " By Jeff Kinney "

    The main character of the story is a guy named Greg Heffley. His dad makes him do sports every year to toughen him up. Normally he makes him do swimming but this year he did soccer. He doesn't like sports because he thinks video games are more important. Greg is considered a wimpy kid and there isn't much his father can do to change it.

    The book is based on Greg's journal entries he makes on a daily basis. During this time of his life, he ended up hating soccer because he was practically a bench warmer. When the coach finally puts him in the game he sleeps on the field and looses the game. His dad wanted him to do manly endeavors so when nothing else was working his dad told him that he is going to military school. Of course, he wanted a way to prove he is a man and that he doesn't need military school to do this. He joined boy scouts to prove he was a man. This worked out to be a great choice. His dad became very proud of him. In the end he didn't have to go to military school.

    The books theme revolves about how kids are different and how their dad's teach them to grow up.

    The setting takes place between January through June according to his daily journal entries but it doesn't list the year. All of the story takes place mostly in their family home and around their home town.

    I liked the story because it was very funny and interesting to read. It also somewhat relates to me and my life on a daily basis.

    The world relates to the story because most siblings are like Greg and his brother. They constantly fight all the time and never try to get along. I personally connected to the story because me and my sister are a lot like Greg and his brother. We are very different and we like to fight most of the time. Especially over very little things.

    I have read two more books about the Wimpy kid. The first is "The Dog Daze" and the other one is" Roderick Rules". They were by the same author.

    I Also Recommend: Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1), Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #2).

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    11/17/2009: This book was better then the first Diary Of A Wimpy Kid. The reason I liked it was because it more than the first book was because it has more going on and it skips topics less. I didn't like it because it felt like it had more writing in it.

    In this story Greg gets on soccer team and quickly realizes that he hates soccer. In mid season he joins the boy scouts and quits soccer. He slowly realizes that he doesn't like boy scouts either.

    This book is for the type of reader who likes fast paced books. It also is a short book. So if you have trouble staying with books, this is the book for you. I hope you like it and have fun reading.


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