Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway

Greg Heffley's family swaps a cold Christmas at home for a tropical resort, and almost nothing about the trip goes to plan. The twelfth Wimpy Kid book puts the Heffleys through sunburn, unwelcome wildlife and resort mishaps, told in Greg's journal entries with Jeff Kinney's cartoons running alongside the text. The format is the series' great strength: a page of handwriting-style text broken by drawings, jokes landing every few lines, and chapters short enough that a young reader finishes several without noticing. Family dynamics supply most of the comedy. Quick highlights: • Twelfth instalment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series • Illustrated journal format with cartoons on nearly every page • A holiday-disaster storyline that stands alone if read out of order • Popular with middle-grade readers and with children who resist longer novels Ideal for readers around eight to twelve and as a gift, this Penguin Publications edition is stocked at Boipoka.