The Newest Wimpy Kid Book is Finally Here!

If you're a fan of Greg Heffley, you've probably been waiting for the seventh book for a while.  The good news is that the newest book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, is out.  The bad news is that there a a lot of holds on it, so it might take a while to get a copy.  That's a bummer.  But you could always reread the previous books.  Or try one of these great read-likes:

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tom Greenwald
Charlie Joe hates reading so much, he'll do almost anything to get out of it.  Some of his tactics are dishonest and not well thought out.  One of his brilliant plans backfires and now he has a problem much bigger than a book report.  Recommended for ages 9-12.

Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton 
In this first book in this series, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, middle schooler Jamie Kelly starts a dairy.  She uses it to describe her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline. Recommended ages 9-12. 

Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm
Ginny starts out with ten items on her to-do list for seventh grade, but notes, cartoons, and other "stuff" reveal what seems like a thousand things that go wrong between September and June, both at school and at home. Recommended ages 9 and up. 

Invasion of the Road Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar

This book is a collection of thirty-five stories featuring such horrors as a monstrous Halloween costume, a midnight visit to a graveyard, and a hearing-impaired genie.  They are a little scary, but mostly hilarious.  Recommended ages 9-12.

The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow
Best friends Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are determined to be popular.  They study and document the behavior of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school, they will be popular. It's written as a journal with entires and pictures by both girls.  Recommended ages 9-12.

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