My son has the entire collection of diary of wimpy kid. so I am sure he contributed to being one of the 250 million who bought this book. Rarely do this generation read books but this book they love as the words are big and there are lots of pictures. Middle schoolers especially love this book as they can relate to some of happenings in these books. Great summer holiday read.

My son has done a quick review for us
Characters :
Greg heffley
Mom
Mr Patel

Plot :
Greg Heffley wants to try out for basketball but it does not go well for his team when their star player is injured which means he will have to play. The season did not go well for them. His mom creates a team that enters a losers competition. Can he win it with his final throw?

About the book: 

After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he’s officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persuades him to give it one more go and makes Greg reluctantly agree to sign up for basketball.
  
Tryouts are a MESS, and Greg is sure he won’t make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team.  
  
As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg’s hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?

About Author Jeff Kinney
Jeffrey Kinney is an American author and cartoonist, best known for the children’s book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He also created the child-oriented website Poptropica. Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.

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