Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
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| Author | Jeff Kinney |
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| Illustrator | Jeff Kinney |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
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Children's novel Graphic Novel Comedy |
| Publisher | Amulet Books |
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November 3, 2015 (worldwide) |
| Media type | Print (paperback, hardcover) |
| Pages | 217 story pages (224 altogether) |
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| Preceded by | The Long Haul |
| Followed by | Double Down |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School is a children's novel written by American author Jeff Kinney first published in 2015. It is the tenth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, preceded by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down. The book was released on November 3, 2015 worldwide, though an extract from the book was released online on October 28, 2015. This book debuted at No.1 on bestseller charts in India.
Greg Heffley's Grandfather has been living with his family. Greg is irritated because Grandpa decides to stay in his room. Greg soon learns of a school trip to Hardscrabble Farms, which is located in the woods. However, he decides not to attend.
Meanwhile, Greg's mother has made a petition to get everyone in town to unplug from their electronic devices for 48 hours. Greg does not like his mother's idea and doesn't believe she would get the signatures. Surprisingly, she is able to gather enough signatures to make the town unplug since most of the signatures are from older people. She decides to have the town clean up the park during this time.
Greg's father, Frank, wants him to always screw back the toothpaste cap on the tube and, when Greg says it is not that big of a deal, Frank tells him a story about how, if he lived in the 1800s in a wagon, and one of the wagon wheels fell off, the family would be eaten by wolves, because he could not screw the wheel on.
Greg decides to leave the park to avoid work with one of Rodrick's former friends Billy and his homework buddy, Frew. Billy quickly becomes a criminal after stealing a pack of gummy worms. Greg's mother tracks him with a device attached to Greg's shoe, ruining her electronics-free weekend which she is upset about.
The next day, Frank is seen upset over Greg for the park incident, but goes away later for a business trip. Greg then needs his grandpa to drive him to the hardware store, because Greg flooded out the bathroom and stained the ceiling in the kitchen, after trying to fish out the toothpaste cap that went down the drain. His grandpa is proven to be a horrible driver and eventually runs out of gas. While his grandpa gets help, Greg waits in the car, where he sees a group of the community workers who were helping clean up the park and one of the workers is Billy. He hides in the car but accidentally hits the shifter and the car rolls into a ditch.
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