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Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it’s cracked up to be?
Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older—all without his best friend, Rowley, at his side. Can Greg make it through on his own? Or will he have to face the “ugly truth”?
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Jeff Kinney is an online game developer and designer, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. In 2009, Jeff was 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 in 1995. Jeff lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife and their two sons.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another solid entry in the series,
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This review is from: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5: The Ugly Truth (Hardcover)
I should start off by saying that compared to the original book, I don't think any of the sequels matches up. Number 1 is by far the funniest. So in that light, this book is 4 stars. Compared to other books in general, this is still a five-star comedy for kids and adults who sometimes think like kids. Greg is just starting to deal with the onset of puberty (although it hasn't hit him yet), and between his eternal search to be cool and trying talk to girls, he has lots of misadventures along the way. There's the attempts at fooling the new "maid", who turns out to be a lot harder to fool then he thought. There's the upcoming family wedding, full of family "fun". His immediate family is surprisingly absent from most of his big problems, but the rest of his family has no problems filling in for him. "Health" class and its new birds and bees lessons are just as awkward for Greg as they are in real life. And of course, there's the big school sleep-over that eventually all goes down the toilet (I loved the flushing the cheesies down the toilet bit).Compared to the other books in this series, I think this is the best one since the original. From a kids perspective, I was told that I should warn that there is a picture of a boy's butt in this book. It's not pretty, but it is funny. Beyond that, the humor here is a *little* bit more mature in general, but still accessible to the average child reader. I suppose the strongest recommendation is that the kids I know who read it were sorry it ended so quickly (i.e., the roughly 200 pages went by too fast!). Kids wanting to read more is as good a recommendation as you can get, so maybe I'll leave it at that. If you're a fan of the series, this is a good read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
my 10 year old loves reading these books,
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This review is from: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5: The Ugly Truth (Hardcover)
I was always having trouble getting my son to read on his own until I purchased these books. He is now reading on his own and cannot put these books down. Not only does he read them before bed he is taking them with us on road trips.
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This review is from: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5: The Ugly Truth (Hardcover)
Once this book arrived all three of my children immediately started fighting over it. So I knew it was a good choice.They read it in days and now can't wait until the next one. I love buying books for them and Amazon makes it easy. Tompkins
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