The Last Straw
Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organised sports and other "manly" endeavours. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father’s efforts to change him. But when Greg’s dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realises he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out!
Nominee West Australian Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA)(2010)
About the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
Books in series order
- 1.Diary of a Wimpy Kid(2007)
- 2.Rodrick Rules(2008)
- 3.The Last Straw(2009)
- 4.Dog Days(2009)
- 5.The Ugly Truth(2010)
- 6.Cabin Fever(2011)
- 7.The Third Wheel(2012)
- 8.Hard Luck(2013)
- 9.Long Haul(2014)
- 10.Old School(2015)
- 11.Double Down(2016)
- 12.The Getaway(2017)
- 13.Meltdown(2018)
- 14.Wrecking Ball(2019)
- 15.The Deep End(2020)
- 16.Big Shot(2021)
- 17.Diper Överlöde(2022)
- 18.No Brainer(2023)
- 19.Hot Mess(2024)
- 20.Partypooper(2025)
- +The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book(2011)
- +The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood(2010)
Reading age: 8+ years
This series should be read in order.
Written in journal style and filled with hand written notes and simple drawings, this hilarious series chronicles the daily disasters of a less-than-average wimpy kid. It's a new school year, and wise-cracking pre-teen Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through a montage of words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. Author/illustrator Jeff Kinney recalls the growing pains of school life and introduces a new kind of hero who epitomises the challenges of being a kid. As Greg says in his diary, “Just don't expect me to be all 'Dear Diary' this and 'Dear Diary' that.” Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won't do and what he actually does are often two very different things.