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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Should The Wimp Grow Up?

First Posted: 11/11/10 07:36 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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The Globe and Mail:

When last we saw him, Greg Heffley was making a mess of things during his summer vacation from middle school. This week, when The Ugly Truth hits bookstores, the protagonist of the wildly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid series advances toward a whole new level of awkward trouble: puberty.

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03:02 PM on 11/13/2010
My son loved these books and ask us to read them too so he could discuss the books together. We were like, "Uh... okay... sure." But dread turned to glee because these books are very funny and very well written.

Thanks Jeff Kinney, for making preteen boys put down their gaming devices and pick up a book and discover the joy of reading!
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