Description: This follow-up to the "New York Times" bestselling "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" chronicles Greg Heffley'S attempts to navigate the hazards of middle school, impress the girls, and to keep his secret safe--especially from his olDer brother Rodrick, who would be happy to spill the beans.

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Children's Literature Review: Kinney's success as writer and cartoonist with the best-selling Diary of a Wimpy Kid is now followed by Diary #2, again about middle-schooler Greg, This time, Greg is at the mercy of his truly horrible teenage brother Roderick. Kinney is not judgmental. Greg and Roderick do anything they can get away with, without a thought for the feelings of others, and readers are left to draw their own conclusions. Dad and ever-vigilant Mom are largely clueless; at least, that's Greg's perception. What is the worst thing the brothers get up to? Probably Roderick's inviting his disreputable friends for an all-night party when Mom and Dad are away. (How could they trust Roderick with the house?) Poor Greg is sucked into the scheme and then blackmailed into cleaning up after the disaster. Greg has plenty of middle-school episodes of his own, like causing his friend Rowley to break his big toe or teaming up with magician Scotty for the Talent Show only to sabotage the act. The final entries of his diar...

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