Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
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| Illustrator | Jeff Kinney |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
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Children's novel Graphic Novel |
| Publisher | Amulet Books |
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Publication date
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November 1, 2016 (worldwide) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 217 story pages (224 altogether) |
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| Preceded by | Old School |
| Followed by | The Getaway |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is the eleventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. The book was unveiled during the 2016 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Virtually Live Event. The book was published on November 1, 2016. The real book trailer was released on October 17, 2016.
At the beginning of the book, the protagonist Greg Heffley can be seen talking about thoughts of his life being a reality TV show: his brothers (Rodrick and Manny), and all the other people in his life are just actors and robots, and Greg feeling that Manny was being brought in as a new star to replace him. Later, Greg talks about how his Nana and all of his deceased relatives watch over him in heaven.
After sending him to the book fair with $20, Susan is not happy with the way Greg spent the money, and makes him trade it all in for books. Greg takes the chance to get books from a horror series, Spineticklers, which makes Susan more unhappy: she wanted Greg to join advanced classes, but he deliberately failed the entrance exam with his arrogance and bad attitude.
Susan puts Greg in special classes, and this works for a while until he was accidentally revealed to be a normal kid, and became an outcast.
As Halloween is coming up, Greg is reminded of last year when Rodrick bought a noisy electronic plastic witch, which is super sensitive to sound, and eventually got put in the basement, but still goes off, even after Frank took the batteries out.
The school has a Balloon Brigade, which is a contest to see how far a student's balloon can travel, and how the prize is a giant bag of candy corn: most of the balloons get stuck on a new Mobile-Phone tower. The Cheese Touch is also discussed, and how other students keep trying to bring it back in a different form such as a roast beef touch, but these are unsuccessful.
Greg discusses how the kid who found his balloon, Maddox Selsam, came over for a playdate: as Maddox hasn't played video games or watched TV, he goes crazy when Greg pulls up a computer game. After Maddox leaves, Greg realizes that he forgot to get the balloon, and Vice Principal Roy refuses to give Greg the candy corn until and unless he brings his balloon to school.
After he asks Susan for a playdate with Maddox, she and Mrs. Selsam leave Greg and Maddox behind while they go into town and have coffee. Greg is thoroughly disappointed by Maddox's house, as it is very old fashioned and does not have any electronics or television: the only toy Maddox has are Legos, and he only lets Greg use the leftovers.
After Greg accidentally gets a brick stuck in his elbow, Maddox accuses him of stealing it, which leads to Greg being kicked out of the house. Susan is disappointed and angry at Greg, as she believed that Maddox was a good role model, but Greg disagrees, believing that Maddox is an antisocial nerd and that Susan has no idea about role models.
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