Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
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- ISBN13: 9780810970687
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
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 clarify that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley really thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and additional “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 college, Greg realizes he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out.
Greg and his family tree 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 additional people improve,” telling his mother, “I reflect you should work on chewing your potato chips more quietly”) and ends with summer trip. 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 right 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. (Jan.)
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this is an dreadful book written on the level of 3rd graders, it contains no substance what so ever.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Probably because I am not a kid, I thought this book was pretty wimpy.I thought I’d pass it on to my tweener grandson, but he wasn’t interestd either.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Title says it all. My 3rd grader went through the book a couple of times. He likes it. I judge that older kids will find it rather puerile.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
Jeff Kinney’s third installment in his “Wimpy Kid” series lacks the wit he showed in the first two books. And while the third edition was billed as “The Last Straw,” it seems Kinney’s editor and publisher have convinced him that he can milk this cow a small longer (a fourth title rumor has it that will follow). The first two books in the series were fresh and clever. This volume seems tired and repetitive. It’s missing the cutting humor that made the first two titles inventive and well loved with younger boys, especially. I imagine these audiences won’t be deterred by my criticisms, but honest reviewers and newcomers to the series will likely feel cheated. I certainly was hoping for more, having painstakingly loved books one and two. Kinney has done much to capture reluctant readers with this series, and that’s a excellent thing, but “The Last Straw” is the weakest link in the collection thus far, and that does not bode well for future installments.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
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