A review by book_concierge
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

3.0

Zoo-Wee Mama! Greg Heffley is a typical 5th-grader, struggling with how to be popular among the boys, especially the ones with cool video games. He also wants to avoid the girls, the morons, his older brother and his baby brother, not to mention various adults who make his life miserable. Kinney does a great job of creating a believable journal written and illustrated by a kid. I like the way Greg thinks – his schemes to get what he wants, win election to school office, develop and write a comic for the school newspaper, trick his uncle into getting him want he wants for Christmas, and to mold his friend Rowley into his image reminded me of my own younger brothers and their escapades.