by Jeff Kinney
Part of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, book 10
First published 2015
Greg Heffley thought he had problems before, but now his entire town has decided to go electronics-free. No phones, no video games, no modern conveniences that make life bearable. The community calls it going "old school," but Greg calls it torture. He struggles to adapt to this analog existence while everyone around him seems to embrace the simpler times. The Heffley household becomes a pressure cooker as family members clash over the new lifestyle. Greg discovers that surviving without technology requires skills he never developed and patience he definitely doesn't possess. As tensions mount both at home and around town, Greg must figure out how to navigate this old-fashioned world or find a way to convince everyone that modern life wasn't so bad after all.
Genres: family-life, contemporary, comedy, 21st-century
Vibes: humorous, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Greg's Town
Period: 21st Century
224 pages · Hardcover · Harry N. Abrams