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  • Published: 4 February 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143303831
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $17.99

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (BK1)




The first book in the phenomenally successful series Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.

Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into high school where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving.

Luckily Greg has his best friend and sidekick, Rowley. But when Rowley's popularity starts to rise, it kicks off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.

The all-new animated adventure Diary of a Wimpy Kid is streaming now on Disney+.

  • Published: 4 February 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143303831
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $17.99

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About the author

Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.

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Awards & recognition

WAYRBA Children's Choice Awards

Winner  •  2009  •  Fiction for Younger Readers

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