In March I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School, by Jeff Kinney. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Old School is about a boy named Greg whose grandpa comes and lives with them for a bit. While Gregs parents are out one night Greg drop his toothpaste cap down the drain and when trying to get it somehow ends up putting a hole in the ceiling. Meanwhile there is this big camping trip his school is going to, and originally Greg doesn’t want to go because camping isn’t his “thing.” But after putting a hole in the ceiling he decides he is going to go instead of seeing his dad because he knows how mad he will be. During the camping trip Greg runs into a few problems, but in the end, everything turns out fine.
I liked this book a lot as I felt the characters were developed very well. What was happening was very straight forward and not confusing at all. I also liked the plot as it almost felt like it was split into two parts or kind of like two books. It was also funny as most of Jeff Kinney’s books are. Another thing that made the book incredible is the pure amount of detail. He did a great job at describing the setting and mainly just everything. I would recommend it to most people.
My favorite character was Greg because he is funny, naive, and relatable. Greg is funny when he makes jokes about things that happen to him. Another thing he does is he is very sarcastic. He is also relatable when he says things that happen to me a lot. Lastly, he is naive. Greg is naive a lot but a main thing he was being naive to is when he was trying to make lemonade. A quote to prove this comes from page 69 when the author states, “… we didn’t know how much of THAT we were suppose to use, either. So we just eyeballed it.”
My favorite quote from the book was on page 112 when the text says, “It bounced around a few times, then it went right down the drain.” This is my favorite quote for a few reasons. First when the text states “it” it is referring to the toothpaste cap which like I said in the summary lead to basically the whole other half of the book. So the reason I choose this one is because I feel like this is what started everything going forward. The hole in the ceiling, his dad being mad at him, and him even going to camp in the first place.
