The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12)

From my 10 year old son: This book is a very nice and interesting book. It shows how the Heffley family’s disaster holiday is not as bad as they expected.

My daughter said that it was a good book and that she wants to read it 1,000000 times. Diary of a wimpy is her favorite book. It's good for kids.

My son loves to read.

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The release of a new Wimpy Kid book is the highlight of our young readers' year, no doubt about it. They know that the book comes out at the beginning of November, so they start placing holds on the many copies of the book before they even hit the shelves. Not that they stick - it's unlikely that any of the new Wimpy Kid copies will come back to the shelves during this school year. *A kid asked me to put the book on hold while I was writing this review. I'm not even ashamed to say that I love Wimpy Kid! At first I read it because I had to as a librarian who works a lot with children. But then I caught myself looking forward to each new book and counting the days till November. Wimpy Kid has been a part of my life for nine years, and a new book has come out every year - that's the kind of consistency that I like! Now, I was not sure how I would rate this book up until this morning. Getaway is what I call an event book rather than an issues book. Let me elaborate. Getaway is the story of the Heffleys going on vacation... and that's about it. Sure, there are many misadventures and funny and relate-able situations (Greg is me when he says that he hates looking at people's vacation pictures - unless something bad happened and then he's on board!) but there's nothing memorable about this trip. I remember the road trip they took in the Long Haul several years ago much better than I remember this vacation - and I just read about it! This event book might be so unremarkable compared to the issues books that Wimpy Kid is also known for. I love it when Jeff Kinney explores sibling rivalry, the merits of honesty and dishonesty, a kid's desire to fit in while keeping true to himself, the perils of maintaining friendships when you seem to be growing apart. Those are the issues that make Rodrick Rules, the Ugly Truth and the Last Straw stand out among the other middle-grade novels. I didn't see any issues being explored in Getaway. Still, this series is at the top of its field - middle-grade novels for reluctant readers - so I give it four stars, and I hope that Jeff Kinney keeps the tradition alive and, come November, we'll be reading about Greg Heffley again.

Grandson has almost entire series of these books. Reads them to me sometimes.

The getaway is amazing if you like funny and interesting you would love thhiis book it is amazing the end of the book is really interesting and funny I love it.

I love the diary of a wimpy kid series. This book series was the very first book series I read. This book is perfect for a kindle because it is in black and white so its good. I have the whole series three books on my bookshelf and the rest on my kindle. ______________________________________________________ So the main part is when they go to "isla de colrels" (I dont know how to spell it) for their vacation. As in all the books, there is one part where something drastically goes wrong. In this case greg is supposed to be on the mild side but in the ending, he goes to the wild side. My ratings below :D ______________________________________________________ 1 star| I hate this book. DO NOT BUY IT. The quality is not good, the words are sideways, etc. NEVER EVER BUY THIS BOOK EVER NEVER IN YOUR LIFE. 2 Stars| I dont hate it, but I dont like it. This author can do better. 3 stars| I kinda like it but still its not good. 4 stars| I like it but there is something missing here...... 5 stars| I LOVE THIS BOOK. ignore alll the bad reviews u gotta buy it please!!! This author is my favorite. ______________________________________________________ So I hope this review is helpful hope you enjoyed this book and yeah. my roblox: ananya_unicorno1220 Ok buh bye now gotta read other reviews.