Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Today I finished reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. It was a very fun read and I loved how it was written as if it was a real diary. The main character, Greg, is a boy in middle school who just wants to be popular. He is the middle child of a family of all boys. Greg does a lot of things on his own but also gets into a lot of trouble. Most of the book Greg tries to find ways to get popular at school. He tries being a patrol, the class clown, and the comic strip writer for the school newspaper.

This is a great book for any middle schooler to read because it relates to students of that age group. Middle school students struggle with fitting in which this story address a lot. Although, some of the mishaps Greg gets into are not the best advice for students, they can still learn a lot
about how to just be yourself. I would recommend that parents or teachers talk to kids before reading this book to make sure they do not think that all the actions of Greg's are smart because they clearly are not. But it will help students to feel comfortable about themselves and that other kids feel the same way as they do. Lastly, its a series! If your kids enjoy the first one they will like the others as well, which will mean more reading!