Snow outside, a family stuck indoors and trouble Greg Heffley cannot walk away from give the sixth Wimpy Kid journal its close quarters.
Puffin publishes this 212-page paperback in the series' standard illustrated form. The winter setting narrows the cast and the locations, which suits Kinney's method: fewer places to be, more time for small disasters to grow. Entries stay short and the cartoons carry the timing, so the book moves quickly despite spending much of its length in one house. It closes its own storyline while keeping the running threads of the series intact.
The shape of the book:
• Sixth Wimpy Kid instalment, set in winter
• 212 pages in the familiar journal-and-cartoon layout
• Confined setting that sharpens the family comedy
• Self-contained story within the wider series
Suits young readers collecting the series and looking for a quick read, published by Puffin and stocked at Boipoka.