u003cpu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eThe first in Jeff Kinney's side-splitting series, join Greg Heffley as he's thrust into a new year, and a new school, where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving.u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003ciu003eI'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.u003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eDesperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eBut when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eRecorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eLaugh until you cry at all of Greg's hopeless shenanigans. Diary of a Wimpy Kid has got millions of kids reading and laughing at (but mostly with) the famous Greg Heffley.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eIf you're on the lookout for a funny children's book for 7+, especially a book for reluctant readers, you can't go wrong with the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003ePraise for Jeff Kinney:u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney'su003c/bu003e u003ciu003eu003cbu003eDiary of a Wimpy Kid'u003c/bu003e - The Sunu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet' -u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eIndependentu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here -u003c/bu003e u003ciu003eu003cbu003eDiary of a Wimpy Kid'u003c/bu003e - Big Issueu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Hilarious'u003c/bu003e - u003ciu003eTelegraphu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e