Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

I don't think I've logged and rated the earlier ones, but they'd all get 3 stars - they're ok, somewhat funny, but better for kids. This one had me laughing out loud at some parts - yes, mostly slapstick stuff, but it cracked me up. Jeez, the seagulls in the car - the images and story worked

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together perfectly.

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This book is part of an extremely popular series, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It explores several different adventures of the main character and his family. This one in particular is a comic version of a road trip that explores humorous topics and road trip games and activities. The family explains

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and plays their favorite road trip games. It is a humorous book.

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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul" is the ninth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. The Long Haul is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his crazy family road trip. After Greg's mom read in a magazine that road trips are fun for families, she thought it was a good idea to go

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on one. First the family drives around for a while with no real plan. Then they stop at a supermarket, and Greg's brother, Rodrick, goes inside with some money to buy "essential" things for the night at a motel. He bought a frozen pizza, cinnamon roll dough, Cheese Curls, a 2 Liter bottle of soda, and gum. His mom wasn't happy. Then they meet a crazy family that they call the "Beardos." They try to stay away from them because the “Beardo” father is mad at Greg for making his son cry, no matter how hard they try, they keep running into them all along the road trip. Next, at a carnival they win a pig, which Greg's other brother Manny loves. But, after the pig bites Greg, his family gives it to a petting zoo, and Manny is very sad. Then they go to a water park called Soak Central and lose the key to their locker, and they were convinced the “Beardos” took it. After the water park, the Heffley’s car broke down because it overheated, and some Spanish-speaking people were trying to help them. The funniest part was that the little brother, Manny, who is only 3 years old, spoke perfect Spanish. He had been listening to Spanish learning CDs in the car. When the family finally arrived home, Greg found the locker key from the water park in his pocket. At that point, he had three options: 1) Tell his mom and dad the truth and face the consequences, 2) put the key in Rodrick’s dirty laundry and let him take the blame, or 3) flush it down the toilet. The end of the book was like a make your own adventure story because you could see the outcome of each option. Greg never seemed to choose the right path, so it’s hard to believe that this story could ever have a happy ending.

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney is an excellent series of books. This book, The Long Haul, was not my favorite of all nine books, but it was still very entertaining. I would easily rate this book with 5 out of 5 stars. The plot is interesting, and the misadventures of the Heffley family are hilarious. I recommend this book to anyone that wants to have a good laugh. You just have to read this book to make your own family seem normal. I would highly suggest that all middle school kids read this book. It is awesome!

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The Long Haul is the ninth book in The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It was about Greg going on a surprise road trip. His mom got the idea of going on this road trip from a family magazine.It already starts off hectic, when Greg has to sit in the back with all of their things.His little brother can

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not be woken up, or he would have a fit so the whole family does everything to keep him asleep. Some of the events that happen are them getting a pig, losing their keys to a locker with all their stuff, and losing their wallet with all their money in it. They also got locked out of there car and lost their sun roof. It all ends with Greg finding the key to the locker.

This book to me deserves four stars. It wasn't the worst book I have ever read, but it wasn't the best either. The Long Haul had a lot of events in it that kept you wondering what was going to happen next, but there might of been too many. There were many events that to me felt like they didn't need to be there.It was good considering there were eight other books,it's hard to keep coming up with ideas, and I think the author did good completing yet another book.It was funny at some times and not as funny in other times.Overall this was a pretty good book.

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Diary of a wimpy kid
the long haul

Is your family vacation hard or what? I like the book Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul because the book talks about them going on a family trip. My family doesn’t go on trips. We sit in the house and have a party, cook out, and play board games.
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that is funny to me is when the seagull flies into the family van. Greg’s dad is scared to drive over the bridge so he lets Rodrick drive. The driver changes the radio station and he puts on rock star music. He also loves to listen to it because he has a band. Greg had to overcome his fear and go with the family instead of staying home and playing video games. AUTHOR Jeff Kinney has written many books about Diary of A Wimpy Kid. He was also was born in Fort Washington, MD. His birthday is Feb. 19, 1971 and his age is 43. This book has 1,654 book reviews on Amazon.

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I thought Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul was a great children’s book because it provided relatable humor that most readers can relate to. The book was all about how the main character’s mother wanted to go on a “wholesome family vacation” and everything that could possibly go wrong,

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did go wrong. The main character, Greg Heffley describes in first person detail how the family vacation went, and all of the issues they faced along the way. For example, the family forgot to close the container that had all of their stuff in it attached to the back of the car, and it all went flying and scattered across the highway. The characters were very believable because the mom was all excited about bonding like most moms are, the dad was tied up with work, the youngest brother was “annoying”, and so on. The characters are all very funny and can be relatable stereotypes for young readers. I believe that these books over-exaggerate all of the blunders to provide readers with the comfort of knowing Greg Heffley went through these things and so can they. I think the message of the book was that growing up can be awkward, but you will survive and laugh at it all one day.

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This is not a book that I would read for pleasure. The humor can be gross and I don't find it significantly entertaining. On the other hand my students devour these books. As soon as I get a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book turned in it is checked back out. I believe that the students like it because they

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are quick, easy reads but they have a lot of pages so it feels like a significant book.

Curriculum Connections:
This book is great for students that have difficult with longer books. I believe that it can give them the confidence to continue reading books with a lot of pages. I don't know that I would use this with my entire class but it is great for pleasure reading or for book reports or reviews.

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The Long Haul

This is so funny.

THIS IS A GREAT BOOK FOR PEOPLE THAT LIKE COMEDY,AND FUNNY PEOPLE

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I LIKE THE BOOK BECAUSE it a great book to read and greg was going on a road trip and he throught it was good but when he got there he want to go in the pool and it was full and he seat in the chair for 30 min and greg wanted t go to sleep and then they went to the store and he wanted something to

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eat ande greg had funn on the trip

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This is the latest book in this series and like the other books; this book has aspects that are funny while other aspects are so silly that the storyline is not believable. I have found that the humour has become monotonous and therefore somewhat boring. This story tells of a Heffley family holiday

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where every turn that the Heffley family makes goes wrong. It was in this book that I realized that the Heffley family is somewhat dysfunctional like the Simpsons and the characters seem somewhat transposed within each setting – if you like Simpson’s sense of humour and dummy sucking siblings then you’ll enjoy this episode of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. However I can understand why the children enjoy these books as they are quick to read, simple storylines , the scrawled illustrations are fun to look at and they feel a sense of being able to read a series.

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This is a gut-splitting hilarious read about what can go wrong on and does go wrong on this family trip in the van. So enjoyable! You will not get through it without laughing many, many times. -ER

Greg is dragged along on a road trip with his family. The audio book is laugh out loud funny!! -SB

Both boys and I read this on our winter break trip. They wanted me to.

Quick read, and a little funny to read on a car trip. And a little not funny, how many of these can he possibly write?

Same as the others except that this one I particularly disliked toward the end. I don't like "comedy" where everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. To me, instead of funny, it's frustrating and annoying. And that's where this book went toward the end.

"Pack your bags. We're going on a road trip."

Thus begins the 9th book in the Wimpy Kid series. I have a feeling I know what you're thinking. Another Wimpy Kid book? Who wants to read more about the selfish brat also know as Greg Heffley? I mean, let's face it, he isn't the best role model (or even

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close for that matter). I've cringed many times while reading these books with my son; the way Greg treats his supposed best friend Rowley or the way Rodrick treats Greg. Please, even my kids treat each other better than this (which is a good thing). Of course, my son and I have spoken about Greg's behavior and how he isn't nice to Rowley and only uses him to get what he wants. And I don't deny my son the chance to read something he really enjoys. Anything you read is a chance to learn something, even if the book just teaches you to recognize bad behavior.

So, I was hugely surprised to find myself laughing out loud while reading this book to my son. Rowley is absent from this book and I think that helped. The book focuses entirely on Greg and his family and their misadventures. Greg's mom decides that a road trip is an excellent way to bring the family together. It doesn't exactly turn out as she expected, but they still manage to have quite the adventure.

I don't want to give anything away, but there is a piglet, crazy seagulls, a water park adventure and many funny driving and motel scenes that many of us can relate to. How many of us have been on a family trip and Dad has to take a work call. Everyone in the car is supposed to be quiet.... Very funny scene!!

Recommended to:
Any fans of the Wimpy Kid series and even some people who aren't fans. If you like funny family stories where everything that can go wrong does, you will enjoy this book. Think (totally PG) book version of one of the Vacation movies.

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Nope. Didn't care for this one much. Way too many coincidences and truly outlandish scenarios. Part of what makes the DoaWK novels so engaging is their ultra-realism. This one seemed to doff all that in favor of an over-the-top and frantic form of humor.