The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid book 9) Paperback

Motels, service stations and a car packed past sense turn a Heffley family holiday into the ninth Wimpy Kid book. The family sets off with a plan, and almost nothing about the plan survives contact with the road. Told as Greg's journal, the book keeps its usual mix of short dated entries and cartoon panels, which means the comedy arrives in quick beats rather than long stretches of prose. The travel setting gives the series a change of scene while keeping the same narrating voice, and the episodes stand well enough on their own that a reader new to the books can still follow along. Notable points: • A road-trip plot that moves between motels, stops and unplanned detours • Greg's first-person journal entries paired with line drawings • A 224-page paperback published by Puffin • Self-contained enough to read outside series order Suited to middle-grade readers who like comic fiction and to parents looking for holiday reading, available at Boipoka.