![]() Greg is pushed down and punched in the face.Greg is smashed into a wall and later shoved to the ground.Teenagers hit Greg and Rowley with water balloons and then chase them with their truck.A student is shoved in a locker and forcibly kept in there despite his repeated requests to go to the bathroom.One student trips another, grabs him by the ankles and drags him down the hall.Some students are deliberately knocked to the ground. Children shove each other in the hallways between classes.Greg’s older brother describes the bullying that happens in middle school, much to the horror of his family.They eventually stop playing when Rowley breaks his arm. They keep playing despite promising their parents that they won’t. Rowley gets knocked off his bike while playing a risky ball game with Greg.Themesīullying sibling rivalry fickle friendships peer pressure high school popularity issues Violenceĭiary of a Wimpy Kid (2021) has some violence. Just when Greg’s closest friendship seems to be lost forever, the simple act of helping a friend turns everything around. Greg’s plans to be recognised repeatedly backfire and he’s reduced to hanging out with Fregley (voice of Christian Convery), the weirdest kid in school. Rowley stays the same, however, and finds himself the ‘cool kid’ after a freak accident. So Greg’s attitude towards Rowley begins to change because he wants to be seen as cool. Greg is terrified by the stories about middle school that he has heard from his older brother, Roderick (voice of Hunter Dillon), and he’s also determined to do great things. But as they embark on middle school, everything is set to change. Kinney says he tries hard to stay grounded, despite the international success, the best-seller list, the two movies (with more of both on the way), the books about the making of the movies, plus the pajamas and lunchboxes and all that swag.Īs sweet as it is, success can also be a trap.Greg (voice of Brady Noon) and Rowley (voice of Ethan William Childress) have been best friends forever. "I said, 'Why can't we just call it Diary of a Wimpy Kid like we call it in the U.S.?' And they said, 'Well, that's because there is no word for 'wimp' in Germany.' So I thought that that was pretty funny," he says. Talk about failing up - Kinney's books are read around the world, from Japan to Israel to Germany, though in Germany they have a slightly different title: Greg's Journal: I'm Surrounded by Idiots. ![]() Do you have suggestions? Share Your Recommendations! NPR's Backseat Book Club is taking a break for the summer months, but we're already making a list of books to read in the fall. With jeans, tennis shoes and a broad, toothy smile, author Jeff Kinney looks a bit like a big kid himself, and he told the students he felt a lot like his hero when he was younger. The wimpy kid of the title is Greg Heffley, who works hard to fit in and be cool at his middle school. In the publishing world, Kinney is a rock star, and when the students at Murch elementary in Washington, D.C., got to meet him up close, the screaming almost matched Shea Stadium during a Beatles concert. And it was our 2009 interview with author Jeff Kinney that originally inspired us to start a book club just for kids. They've been translated into 40 languages and there are 75 million copies in print worldwide. How popular are these books? Consider the numbers: There are six books, and a seventh is on the way. We've chosen some popular books for our monthly Backseat Book Club selections, but nothing quite like the boffo best-sellers in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Diary of a Wimpy Kid Author Jeff Kinney
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