Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
By Jeff Kinney
Reviewed by Jamie



The book I read was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney. The main character/narrator is Greg Heffley. He has a mom, a dad, and two brothers named Manny and Rodrick. He also has a friend named Rowley who he does a lot of crazy things with.

This book is about how Halloween is in a couple of weeks and the Heffleys decorated the house for Halloween. A lot of geese were in the town being very aggressive towards people and the geese destroyed the Heffleys’ jack o’lanterns. At Greg’s school, there’s a Balloon Brigade where people lift balloons in the air and when they land somewhere, whoever finds the balloon has to send it back and say how far it traveled. The person whose balloon goes the farthest gets a prize, which is a whole jar of candy corn. The person who found the balloon came to Greg’s house to return it and they sort of hung out but it was pretty awkward. On Halloween Mariana Mendoza had a party, and her parties are legendary, and all the students in the band were invited so Greg joined the band. If you want to know more about the book, read it to find out what happens.

The strengths of this book are that a lot of people have heard of the Diary of a Wimpy
Kid series and like to read it, this book appeals to many people, and it is pretty funny. A
weakness of this book is that it’s kind of short but not too short.

In conclusion, it’s a pretty great book. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a book that is comedic. I would rate this book a five out of five stars because it’s very humorous and it is a well-known series of books.