Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Amulet Books, 2008
Fiction<
ISBN-10: 0810994739
224 pages
Synopsis
Who can keep secrets when there’s an older brother there to tell everyone? Greg Heffley has gone through something disastrous over his summer vacation that he wants no one to know about. Now that the school year has started, he has to navigate the pressures and difficulties of middle school, a bully of an older brother, a tattletale younger brother, and a big secret he fights desperately to keep.
Critique
These graphic novels by Kinney are so much fun to read. They’re quick and easy, but help to remind us all about the perils of middle school and growing up. They put “picture books” in an entirely different kind of category, walking the line between the often dark and ornate worlds of the comic books or graphic novels, and the simplistic messages conveyed by illustrated books for children. It feels very much like you’re reading the journal/diary of a tween.
The other books in this series are Diary of a Wimpy Kid (book 1), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw (book 3), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book 4).
Rating Rubric
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For the Classroom
Although this is a fun read and applicable to anyone in late elementary or middle school, it’s not something that can really be used as a classroom companion for normal studies.
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