Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
The Last Straw
Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Amulet Books
ISBN:  978-0-8109-7068-7

This particular book in the series was pretty good. According to Wikipedia, it is number three in the series, and also quite funny. It chronicles yet another year of Greg Heffley's life, including a possible transfer to military school.

It also talks about various other humiliating events, including, but not limited to a family reunion/birthday party with recorded footage of humiliating moments that had some potential to be sent in to their fictional equivalent of 'America's Funniest Home Videos.'

The book also goes into nice details regarding Greg's potential relationship (or lack thereof!) with a girl in his grade level by the name of Holly Hills. By the end of the book, *spoiler* we learn that she really only likes Greg as a friend, and also that she is more interested in Gregory's on-again, off-again friend, Rowley.

Other hilarious antics ensue, such as a missing dictionary in an English class, which turns out to be the work of the class brainiac, Mrs. Heffley's sudden interest in personal fitness, as well as Gregory's multiple symptoms of middle child syndrome.

Another tale that is told in this novel also happens to be one that I can most definitely empathize with, and that is the concept of team sports. Greg is enrolled in a local recreational center soccer league, with little hope of success. Eventually, he ends up, with parental permission, quitting the team and doing boy scouts instead, also with hilarious results.

At any rate, before I give away too much more of the plot, I would like to close this review on a positive note by saying that so far, it is probably one of the funniest books in the series, and definitely worth picking up if you haven't done so already.