Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal

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Label

Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal

Title remainder

Greg Heffley's journal

Statement of responsibility

by Jeff Kinney

Title variation

Greg Heffley's journal

Title variation remainder

Greg Heffleys journal

Creator

• trueKinney, Jeff
• Kinney, Jeff

Author

• Kinney, Jeff

Subject

• trueBooks to movies
• trueBullying and bullies
• Diaries -- Fiction
• Diaries -- Juvenile fiction
• trueDiary novels
• trueDiary writing
• trueDiary writing for children
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Heffley, Greg -- Fiction
• Heffley, Greg -- Juvenile fiction
• Humorous stories
• trueHumorous stories
• trueIllustrated books
• trueMiddle school students
• trueMiddle schools
• Middle schools -- Fiction
• Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
• truePopularity
• Popularity -- Fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• Popularity -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSocial acceptance in children
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueSchools
• trueBest friends

Genre

• trueBooks to movies
• trueDiary novels
• Fiction
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueHumorous stories
• trueIllustrated books
• Juvenile fiction
• trueRealistic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship

Member of

• Diary of a wimpy kid, 01
• trueDiary of a wimpy kid

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueAngst-filled
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueConversational
• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueWell-crafted dialogue

Character

• trueAwkward
• trueSarcastic
• trueRelatable

Award

• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Younger Reader, 2010.
• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Younger Reader, 2012.
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 3-5, 2008.
• Colorado Children's Book Award, Junior Book, 2009.
• Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey), Children's Fiction, 2010.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2010.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 2009.
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 2009.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 3-5, 2009.
• Maine Student Book Award, 2009.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books category, 2009.
• West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA), Younger Readers, 2009.
• West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award, 2010.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2010.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

950

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.K6232

LC item number

Dia 2007

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

950

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 8

Series statement

Diary of a wimpy kid

Series volume

[book 1]

Target audience

juvenile