Acclaimed debut author Jeff Kinney brilliantly re-creates the typical humor and logic of middle school boys sidling into adolescence. Sixth grader Greg Heffley doesn t understand his anying younger brother, obxious older one, or well-meaning parents. But he kws eugh to record his daily thoughts in a manly journal t some girly diary. In a unique vel brimming with laugh-out-loud moments, Greg chronicles his first turbulent year of middle school.