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 think he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other 'manly' endeavors. Of course, Greg is easily able to sidestep his father's efforts to change him. But when Greg's dad threatens to send him to military a…
Ellray Jakes may be the smallest kid in Ms. Sanchez's third-grade class, but he has a big personality! And he's not going to let Jared, the biggest kid in class, call him a chicken or get in the way a trip to Disneyland. All Ellray has to do is stay out of trouble for one week and keep away from Jared. The question is, can he do it?
Ellray wishes he had something cool to brag about. Jared's dad owns a brand-new car with flames painted on it, and Kevin's dad is rich but all Ellray's geologist dad has is a collection of rocks.
Things are going just swimmingly for EllRay. He's finally getting along with most of the kids at school. He's even getting along with his family. But then everything comes screeching to a halt when his younger sister accidently overfeeds the classroom goldfish EllRay was supposed to be taking care of over Spring vacation. What is EllRay going to tell his teacher and the kids in his third-grade …
Ellray knows a thing or two about getting picked on. So when he sees his sister, Alfie, being bossed around by a dragonlike girl at her school, Ellray wants to share his wisdom.
Ellray is down to one and a half best friends, and his little sister, Alfie, suggests that he needs new friends! Or a spare, at least. For emergencies. So Ellray decides to audition other boys for the role of New Best Friend.
A hilarious and moving story of old age, adventure, stolen jewels and swimming the Thames, from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. “I absolutely love David Walliams's books. In a few more years they will become classics.” – Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is
Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission - a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he's going to have to come up with a very special excuse.