![]() As a result, Frank makes Rodrick enroll in an SAT and makes Greg sign up for intramural soccer. The Heffley family is forced to leave, and Frank's boss sees everything, resulting in Frank becoming even more embarrassed than Greg, who had to walk past Holly. Greg gets bored during the lengthy service and teases Manny, causing the latter to throw a tantrum in the process. He refuses to enter the church with the stained pants on for fear of having his crush, Holly Hills, thinking he soiled himself, so his mother allows him to wear her pink sweater like a kilt. The last straw is an incident at church on Easter, where Greg accidentally sits on his spoiled little brother Manny's chocolate bunny and stains the back of his pants with chocolate. Conflicts rise over Greg wanting to stay inside and watch TV on Saturdays and Frank stealing his school snacks. Frank is jealous of this and wants his sons to be like his boss's sons. Greg also deals with being compared to the sons of his dad's boss, who all play sports and always seem to be outside exercising. ![]() Life becomes more difficult for Greg and his best friend Rowley when their school bus route is "rezoned" to the Whirley Street neighbourhood, meaning they have to walk to and from school. Greg decides to bag his resolution too, as everyone is breaking their resolutions and it’s very hard to keep on correcting people. He starts a "three strikes and you're out" system if anyone breaks their resolution, they will get a strike, but before Greg can decide what "you're out" means, Rodrick, Greg’s older brother, gets all three strikes. Greg’s resolution is to stop other people from breaking their resolutions. Plot Īs the book begins, it is New Year's Day and Greg is talking about his family's New Year's resolutions. An animated film based on the book is in the works for Disney+. This book was released in the US on January 13, 2009. The book acts as a journal and follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, the narrator of the book, who is in the second half of his seventh-grade year. ![]() Ages 8-12.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, the third book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. ""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. ![]() Kinney allows himself some insider humor as well, with Greg noting the ""racket"" children's book authors have going. 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. 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. Kinney's spot-on humor and winning formula of deadpan text set against cartoons are back in full force. 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. ![]()
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