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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.

If I could have any job in the entire world, it would be a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. Even though I’m not very good at basketball, I really like playing it and I’m practicing to become better. One reason I would choose this career is for the fun and enjoyment. It would be something I really enjoy and for my literal job I get to do something I love. I mean who wouldn’t want that? My second reason is that I would be really good at basketball. That might not make sense, but if I am in the NBA, I would obviously be extremely good at basketball. My third reason is the salary. It’s not necessarily the reason why I chose to be an NBA player, but it’s a plus. The average NBA salary per year is 9.7 MILLION DOLLARS. That’s insane. Overall an NBA player would be the perfect job for me considering I would get thrill, become really good at the sport I love, and I would get an incredible salary. I really don’t see any downsides to it.

In February I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney. It is about a boy named Greg Heffley whose best friend Rowley gets a girlfriend. This affects Greg because Rowley doesn’t hang out with him anymore, and Greg gets a feeling that Rowley’s girlfriend is using him. Rowley doesn’t listen to Greg and thinks Greg is just jealous. Gregs grades start slipping and he is threatened by summer school if he doesn’t pull it together. He also finds a magic 8 ball under his brother’s bed and starts using it EVERYWHERE. In the end they become friends again and things go back to how they used to be.

I really liked this book a lot. I really enjoyed it because it was always interesting, what I mean by this is there isn’t a part of the book where it’s really boring for a couple chapters. There is always something new that is happening or a new goal that the characters are trying to achieve. Another reason I liked this book was it wasn’t too too long. It isn’t some picture book with 30 pages, but it also is a 300 page small print book that takes 4 years to read. The reason I enjoy shorter books is I’m a slower reader. Overall it was very good. I would recommend this book to really anyone that enjoys realistic type books, and for anyone that wants a quick-ish book to read.

My favorite character is Greg by far. The reason I like Greg so much is because I feel like he is very relatable. Not the way he acts but the things that happen to him. A quote that supports this is on page 74 when the text states, “But the thing I’ve learned is that you should never tell your mom you’ve got nothing to do.” The reason this quote is relatable is he tells his mom he is bored, then she tells him to do chores. This has happened to me many times and I get annoyed when it does.

My favorite quote from the book is on page 216 when the author states, “I know Mom’s always saying friends come and go but family is forever, and maybe that’s true.” I like this quote because it is true in life. It also in my opinion kind of sums up the book based on what happened with Rowley.

One day I woke up and I was stranded on an island. The first thing I did was panic and check my surroundings. I noticed I was on what was like a tiny desert with some trees and bushes. In total the island was probably the size of a big house. I then used my survival techniques that I know to right SOS on the sand and gather some food and water. After hours of gathering resources including sticks and rocks for a fire, and leaves for shelter I heard a helicopter in the distance. I knew if I wanted to survive this, I needed to act fast! I gathered a perfect stick to make a torch and started grinding sticks together to start a fire. After what felt like years, I finally got a flame. Once the helicopter got close there was enough smoke in the air for the helicopter to see me. The helicopter finally landed on the island and picked me up while we were flying back to my house I woke up. It was all a dream.

I am invisible! I have magically become invisible for twenty-four hours. I am going to do a lot with this. The first thing I am going to do is hop into a strangers car and have them drive me to breakfast. The way I will do this is pick a strangers car that is going in the direction of the breakfast place and hop in. Then when the time is right I will hop out and walk the rest of the way. Once I get there I will simply walk in the back and take what food I want. The reason I will do this is because I’m hungry. The second thing I will do is go to a bank. Once I get to the bank I will wait around for a little bit until someone goes into the room with the stash of money and then I will take it. The reason I will to this is because it isn’t something that will only last me the twenty-four hours, it will last me a long time. The last thing I would do is go to school and mess around. What I mean by this is I would go from classroom to classroom and make noises, drop stuff and make people think they were hearing things. I would do this because it would give me a good laugh. But if I did that I would make sure not to break anything or make a big mess.

It was an average rainy day and my mom asked me to go to the store. She gave me a short list on what to get and I told her I was really hungry. She gave me an extra dollar and told me I could get an apple. She said to be back before 4:45 because she needed to make dinner. I thanked her and hurried out the door. My friend Johnny lived a few houses down and it was on the way to the market, so I saw him outside riding his bike. “Why are you riding your bike in the rain Johnny?” I said confuzzeled. “It’s kinda fun. Look at this big puddle I can ride through.” Johnny said as a big wave of puddle water splashed the surrounding area. “Want to come to the store with me? My mom asked me to pick up a few things.” I said. “Sure!” Johnny said enthusiastically. Once we arrived at the store, we got a cart and got everything on the list except the apple. Johnny said, “Alright, is that it?” “No, we still need to get the apple.” I replied. We walked to the produce isle, and I grabbed what looked like the most scrubdidlydumptious apple ever. We checked out and as we were walking home Johnny looked me dead in the eyes gave a giant grin, grabbed my apple, and took the biggest bite out of it EVER.

In January I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Getaway by Jeff Kinney. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a realistic fiction book about a boy named Greg Heffleys whose family goes on a vacation to a tropical place instead of having Christmas. They end up getting their bags swapped with another one that looks exactly the same. Their vacation takes a turn for the worst and gets completely ruined by bugs, spiders, angry families, business, and lack of cloths. Can they turn it around and have a good Christmas vacation?

I really really enjoyed this book as the author does a great job of adding humor into it. I have read all these books before but I still love the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. I would recommend this to people who maybe aren’t too fond of reading really long books. I like a short story that is really entertaining and funny. Another thing I really like is the title and illustrations. The author does an incredible job of drawing funny pictures and coming up with a snazzy title.

My favorite character by far is Greg. Greg is your typical unathletic, skinny, middle school kid. I like him because he is funny and adds humor to things. One of his character traits is he is brave. A quote to support this is on page 207 when the text states, “ I had no idea how to use one of those things, but I thought it was my only shot at escaping.” This quote shows he is brave because for some background he was being chased by a security guard so it really shows how gallant he is doing that when he is just in middle school.

My favorite quote in the book is on page 196, when the text says, “Then I remembered what I learned back at the airport, when Heffleys get in trouble, Heffleys RUN.” I like this quote because it is funny. This quote shows that when he and/or his family get into trouble, they RUN. When you think about it it isn’t a bad strategy, as long as you don’t get caught.

This is a quote from Albus Dumbledore that I really like. What this quote means to me is that sometimes you will be faced with difficult choices. It will be hard to make the right choice over the easy choice sometimes. This related to me a couple weeks ago when I was doing my math homework. I could have taken the easy way out and done half of the problems and get a bad score, or I could do the work and get a good score. I am glad I choose the right answer.

My hero is Miss Moffat. Miss Moffat is my hero because she is an awesome teacher. She is really good at teaching us, and she does an amazing job at it. She is also super nice but she can be strict so we don’t get out of order. My second reason Miss Moffat is my hero is because she is fun and funny. She is a fun teacher to be around, her teaching is fun, well, and in an organized fashion which is really good. She is also funny when she cracks jokes in the middle of class. My third reason she is my hero, is because she is really good at basketball. I really like basketball. I play it and am trying to get better, so it is really cool that she is good. Overall Miss Moffat is really awesome and I look up to her. Also, she’s Batman.

This year I am going to focus on the word kindness. I am going to ficus on the word kindness because it is so good to be kind to people. You will be liked by more people, you will make more friends, and you will make other people feel good about themselves. There is zero down sides to being kind to everyone and so many perks. I know this will work because I really focused on it for a good amount of 2023, and I got way more friends, and got more people to like me. I don’t know why more people don’t do this. I am hoping if I focus on kindness this year it will be a great year. One last reason I am going to focus on the word kindness is because hopefully it will come back to me and be transferred on to other people. Kindness is a great thing and hopefully a lot of people do that this year.