by Jeff Kinney
Part of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, book 18
First published 2023
Greg Heffley has never loved middle school. The building crumbles around him and his classmates every day. When the town announces plans to shut down the school permanently, Greg feels relieved at first. Then reality hits him. Closing the school means separation from his best friend Rowley Jefferson. They will end up at different schools. Greg decides he cannot let this happen. He rallies his classmates for an unlikely mission to rescue their failing institution. The eighteenth book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series puts Greg in charge of saving something he never thought he cared about. His friendship with Rowley hangs in the balance as he faces his biggest challenge yet.
Genres: fiction, humor, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unlikely-mission
Setting: Middle School
Period: 21st-century
224 pages · Hardcover · Harry N. Abrams