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Author | Jeff Kinney |
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Illustrator | Jeff Kinney |
Language | English |
Series | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Genre | Children's novel Graphic Novel Comedy |
Publisher | Amulet Books (US) Puffin Books (UK) |
Publication date | November 3, 2015 (worldwide) January 26, 2017 (paperback re-issue) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback, hardcover) |
Pages | 217 story pages (224 altogether) |
ISBN | 978-1-4197-1701-7 |
Preceded by | The Long Haul |
Followed by | Double Down |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School is a children's novel written by American author Jeff Kinney first published in 2015. It is the tenth book of Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down . The book was released on November 3, 2015 worldwide, though an extract from the book was released online on October 27, 2015. [1]
Greg Heffley talks about how his mother does not like technology and smartphones, and is starting a petition to prevent the town from using electronic devices for a weekend. As his school year starts, Greg wants to try something different, so he signs up for the Homework Buddies program. His Homework Buddy, Frew, a third grader, quickly completes Greg's homework. At home, Greg's grandfather moves in with them after the rent is raised at his retirement home and his girlfriend, Darlene breaks up with him. After Greg forgets to screw the toothpaste cap back on, his father Frank lectures him about how small things can lead to big consequences.
Greg hears about a school trip to an old-fashioned farm, which he decides not to attend. His mother gets enough signatures for her petition for the town to voluntarily switch off their devices. The next day, Greg and Rowley start up a lemonade stand, only to attend the park cleanup (which was also planned by his mother), much to Greg's dismay. He gets tired and runs away, then meets up with Frew. A teenager doing community service follows them as well, and when they are soon located by the adults, Greg pins the blame on him.
Back at home, while his parents are away, Greg tries to put the toothpaste cap back on after brushing his teeth, but it falls down the drain. He loosens a pipe to get it, but forgets to turn off the water valve first, causing a puddle of water to leak downstairs. His grandfather tells him that they can buy paint and cover up the stain, but while on the road, he drives the wrong direction and the car runs out of gas. Greg accidentally moves the car, which falls into a ditch, and his mom arrives. He decides to go on the trip to get out of town and avoid facing punishment from Frank.
After arriving at the farm, Greg is placed into a team of "leftover" kids, including Rowley. They do lots of work and games including one that causes the tooth of a kid named Gareth to sink into Rowley's forehead, causing the latter to leave. Greg hears rumors about a deranged farmer named Silas Scratch (the country kicked the farmer out his land to set up the school, so he ate slugs and berries and grew long fingernails) who still wanders around the area. The kids struggle to adapt to their uncomfortable cabins, with one named Julian Trimble eating part of his deodorant stick to become sick as an excuse to leave. This caused the chaperones to confiscate all their deodorant so they do not try to eat it, just in time for Rowley to come back.
Greg and his cabin-mates decide to raid other cabins for deodorant as their cabin smells pungent and bad due to dirty clothes and socks lying everywhere and sweat. They steal one of the teachers' bags, and after they are caught, Frank, Greg's dad is called as an emergency chaperone. While gathering firewood for the final night of camp, which is spent outside, Greg comes across an old shack that he thinks Silas Scratch lives in. It turns out to be a clean maintenance shed.
Greg encounters his dad, who explains that he invented the rumor about Silas Scratch to prevent people from coming in the shack, which he had used as shelter himself. Frank sneaks everybody into the cabin to sleep. [2] Greg figures that he might be stuck chaperoning at the farm when he is older, and he will want to use the shack as well, so he continues to spread rumors about Silas Scratch as he leaves.
The book was announced on March 9, 2015. The cover, color, and title were revealed on April 27, 2015 during a live stream co-hosted by Jeff Kinney, with appearances from Robert Capron live on stage, and Zachary Gordon through a video call. [3] At the 2015 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event, Jeff Kinney stated that the book is black because he believes that black is a cartoonist's favorite color. An extract from the book was released exclusively by The Guardian on June 29, 2015. [4]
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