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Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10
Old School
Life was better in the old days. Or was it?
That’s the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn’t cut out for an old-fashioned world.
With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going “old school” just too hard for a kid like Greg?
That’s the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn’t cut out for an old-fashioned world.
With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going “old school” just too hard for a kid like Greg?
224 pages, Hardcover
First published November 3, 2015
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Jeff Kinney
403 books17.9k followersJeff Kinney is an author of children's books including Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. Jeff was born in College Park, Maryland, in 1971 where he created a comic strip called "Igdoof."He also created the children's website 'Poptropica'.
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February 26, 2016
3.5-4
This is my favorite cover of the series. I love the black and white.
I liked this one, just not as much as the others. I felt this could have went in a totally different direction and had way more laughs. I expected to see how Greg would react to 'old school' devices and way of life. We instead got Greg having to go without technology completely and off to camp for a week.
I feel the title was a bit misleading. It wasn't quite what I had expected, but still a fun read.
Before reading
It may be a little sad how excited I am about this book...
This is my favorite cover of the series. I love the black and white.
I liked this one, just not as much as the others. I felt this could have went in a totally different direction and had way more laughs. I expected to see how Greg would react to 'old school' devices and way of life. We instead got Greg having to go without technology completely and off to camp for a week.
I feel the title was a bit misleading. It wasn't quite what I had expected, but still a fun read.
Before reading
It may be a little sad how excited I am about this book...
September 19, 2017
Dit boek gelezen van mijn zoon...herkenbare, hilarische situaties...regelmatig hardop gelachen...voor jong en oud een aanrader!!
November 6, 2015
3.5 stars actually!!
It Was fun!! Of course it was fun. But it was not just laugh out loud fun like the previous ones!!
Here Jeff tried to show how much obsessed has greg's generation(!) become with technologies :p so he put our poor greg into some less modern situations and lead him to do some camping. And what happened afterwards it, was not greg's fault believe me ! He was just being himself :)
Expected a bit more fun and a tiny bit more maturity from Greg. :) I think its finally time to say goodbye to Greg, think about it Mr. Kinney..
It Was fun!! Of course it was fun. But it was not just laugh out loud fun like the previous ones!!
Here Jeff tried to show how much obsessed has greg's generation(!) become with technologies :p so he put our poor greg into some less modern situations and lead him to do some camping. And what happened afterwards it, was not greg's fault believe me ! He was just being himself :)
Expected a bit more fun and a tiny bit more maturity from Greg. :) I think its finally time to say goodbye to Greg, think about it Mr. Kinney..
May 3, 2018
Things are not getting better for Greg with time. Or for Rowley. Getting sent back from the camp twice for health issues is an augury for times to come.
Greg is always a stay-at-home person. Yes, the video games are his true bliss. But messing things up with Dad's car and almost inundating the house down thinking he might be Noah - he has to leave town.
Well, well, well. That is not the only object of irritation.
No electronics means no life.
The pink wasn't helping the cause with getting all the familiar. Perhaps, the book might be about the old times, but I have to strain really hard to get to the era when pigs walked on two legs and watched TV or wrote ciphered letters.
Jeff Kinney points out glaringly obvious fact - going back in the old era makes you learn next to nothing. You just might loose a teeth or two! Grandpa's book might have saved the day but the nights were a total ruckus.
It was great to see Dad and Greg getting along well towards the end.
This is more than a children's series! Best one since Enid Blyton.
IfWhen pigs start ruling the planet, my family would be responsible for it.
Verdict : 10th book and still going strong with 4 stars!
August 4, 2016
Ah the humor :) Jeff Kinney has a knack for making readers sympathize with and scorn Greg at the same time ^^
Sometimes Greg's whiny-ness is entirely justified, and other times you just want to slap him and that family of his! Don't even get me started in his brothers! And their pet pig....oh then there's that strange excuse for a mother and father.
And the whole stinky cabin situation? Reading it was like living it, and I am kind of a clean freak so ew!
Silas Scratch the Undead Farmer will probably haunt me next time I go camping........
Seriously though, it was such a fun light read :D It made me smile and laugh when I felt miserable from my sore throat!
Love it! And I'm sure you all will too!!
And no, I'm not too old for these books! No one is too old to get a good laugh :D
Sometimes Greg's whiny-ness is entirely justified, and other times you just want to slap him and that family of his! Don't even get me started in his brothers! And their pet pig....oh then there's that strange excuse for a mother and father.
And the whole stinky cabin situation? Reading it was like living it, and I am kind of a clean freak so ew!
Silas Scratch the Undead Farmer will probably haunt me next time I go camping........
Seriously though, it was such a fun light read :D It made me smile and laugh when I felt miserable from my sore throat!
Love it! And I'm sure you all will too!!
And no, I'm not too old for these books! No one is too old to get a good laugh :D
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June 13, 2015I CANT EVEN READ IT
July 30, 2022
عندما يتحدث الكبار عن أيام زمان فلابد وأن تكون الأجمل والأفضل ..لكن ل " غريغ " رأي آخر طبعاً 🤪
هذه المرة تأملت الرسومات بمزيد من الاهتمام ، تعرفت على المزيد عن عائلة " غريغ " من تعبيرات وجوههم ، فالأم مهما أبدت من اندهاش أو انزعاج هى تبدو في عالم بعيد لا يمكنها أن تدرك الكوارث التي يُسببها ابنها 😄
الأب يبذل المزيد من الجهود لتغيير ابنه للأفضل ولكن بالنهاية يُسلم بأن ليس هناك جدوى ، الأخ الأكبر لا يختلف كثيراً عن " غريغ " ، أما الأخ الاصغر " ماني " مشارك عنيد في مسيرة المآسي دون شك...
عائلة ظريفة..ولقد احببتها جداً ، قضاء يوم واحد برفقتهم كفيل بإسعادي وتحسن مزاجي....
هذه المرة تأملت الرسومات بمزيد من الاهتمام ، تعرفت على المزيد عن عائلة " غريغ " من تعبيرات وجوههم ، فالأم مهما أبدت من اندهاش أو انزعاج هى تبدو في عالم بعيد لا يمكنها أن تدرك الكوارث التي يُسببها ابنها 😄
الأب يبذل المزيد من الجهود لتغيير ابنه للأفضل ولكن بالنهاية يُسلم بأن ليس هناك جدوى ، الأخ الأكبر لا يختلف كثيراً عن " غريغ " ، أما الأخ الاصغر " ماني " مشارك عنيد في مسيرة المآسي دون شك...
عائلة ظريفة..ولقد احببتها جداً ، قضاء يوم واحد برفقتهم كفيل بإسعادي وتحسن مزاجي....
November 25, 2017
the worst in the whole series. I hardly find humor in this one. I haven't understand why Jeff didn't use Manny properly . he is one of the main source of laughter. it's a disappointment for me.
December 18, 2015
This is one AMAZING series. Kudos to the author for creating these fun books. I could be tense or upset or tired and all I have to do is just read a page or two of The Wimpy Kid and it totally cracks me up. As long as Jeff Kinney is writing these books, I promise to read each one of them.
So, this book is about how life used to be in old times when 'three generations lived under the same roof', when people lived 'without electronics', and free of other modern amenities we take so much for granted. Quite as a shock to Greg Heffley, a middle schooler, his Mom has decided to bring his Grandpa home to stay with them, which means Greg would now have to sleep in a different room. His brother Rodrick was never his favourite and younger brother Manny is getting potty trained, too, which means the latter must roam around the house without pants every night-- not a very savoury situation for poor Greg as you can see.
His school has always been a struggle, and now his home, too. Amidst all this chaos, a few days away to Hardscrabble Farms with his classmates seems like a pleasant idea. However, unbeknown to him, there is a lot that's just waiting to ruin his trip-- the food, the toilet and their chaperon Mr Jefferson. How will he survive the ordeal? Deal with Silas Scratch? I gave this book as a birthday present to someone very special and it was totally worth it. Strongly recommended to all my friends. Some of those lines that really had me in splits:
*But Mr Jefferson's got a lot of hair, and I wasn't gonna go poking through it (for ticks). For all I knew, there could be a whole colony of ticks living in there.
*Don't ask me why people brought their little kids to the park clean-up, because they were no help at all. In fact, they were constantly getting into trouble. At one point a bunch of them were playing in a pile of fertiliser, and someone had to chase them out of there.
So, this book is about how life used to be in old times when 'three generations lived under the same roof', when people lived 'without electronics', and free of other modern amenities we take so much for granted. Quite as a shock to Greg Heffley, a middle schooler, his Mom has decided to bring his Grandpa home to stay with them, which means Greg would now have to sleep in a different room. His brother Rodrick was never his favourite and younger brother Manny is getting potty trained, too, which means the latter must roam around the house without pants every night-- not a very savoury situation for poor Greg as you can see.
His school has always been a struggle, and now his home, too. Amidst all this chaos, a few days away to Hardscrabble Farms with his classmates seems like a pleasant idea. However, unbeknown to him, there is a lot that's just waiting to ruin his trip-- the food, the toilet and their chaperon Mr Jefferson. How will he survive the ordeal? Deal with Silas Scratch? I gave this book as a birthday present to someone very special and it was totally worth it. Strongly recommended to all my friends. Some of those lines that really had me in splits:
*But Mr Jefferson's got a lot of hair, and I wasn't gonna go poking through it (for ticks). For all I knew, there could be a whole colony of ticks living in there.
*Don't ask me why people brought their little kids to the park clean-up, because they were no help at all. In fact, they were constantly getting into trouble. At one point a bunch of them were playing in a pile of fertiliser, and someone had to chase them out of there.
November 9, 2015
I've been continually impressed by how high the quality of the Wimpy Kid books have been as the series has progressed. We're close to 10 years worth of the books now and, while at one time this was rumored to be the final book, that might not be so anymore. I wonder if that's part of the reason why this one was just okay.
The charm of the books comes from the seemingly tied together stories to go along with the broader arc. I'd say the issue with this one was that the story with Greg's grandfather wasn't terribly engaging, and the rest was ultimately forgettable almost as soon as I read it. Not a great combination for a book that sort of requires a little more to keep it going.
Kids will keep loving this in any regard. If you've read the first nine and you're a kid obsessed with this series, this won't be the thing to change your mind. For this adult reader, though, it really felt like a rather broad misstep of stories maybe better relegated as subplots for a better tale.
The charm of the books comes from the seemingly tied together stories to go along with the broader arc. I'd say the issue with this one was that the story with Greg's grandfather wasn't terribly engaging, and the rest was ultimately forgettable almost as soon as I read it. Not a great combination for a book that sort of requires a little more to keep it going.
Kids will keep loving this in any regard. If you've read the first nine and you're a kid obsessed with this series, this won't be the thing to change your mind. For this adult reader, though, it really felt like a rather broad misstep of stories maybe better relegated as subplots for a better tale.
October 21, 2017
I imagine I'll keep reading these as long as Kinney continues putting them out.
I wish I knew when they'd be over though. I don't like the thought of it just ending. ...Although, if I'm honest with myself, that's how my
I thought it was funny when Heffley said early on (page 15), "And to be honest with you, I feel like I've been in middle school FOREVER." As a 7th grade teacher, I often feel the same way. Which side of the mirror am I on?
Don't let my 3 stars fool you, the jokes are all still there. I just started to feel like I've been rating too high for too long. I may go back and re-evaluate my entire goodreads collection.
My favorite joke from this book? I'm not sure. Maybe when the town had given up their electronics for the weekend, and everybody went to Frew for stuff they'd usually get from their phones: how the stock market was doing, the weather, "...Frew! have any cats done anything amusing today?"
As always, it's good stuff. It's a quick, worthwhile read.
August 3, 2018
I will never tire of this wonderful series.
I own and have read all of the books apart from the very latest two which I will of course be getting too!
These books are just a fun fly of a read and the nostalgia welcomes me back to these quirky characters and their extraordinary situations.
Greg is just relatable on so many levels and I seem to relate to him the older I get, funnily enough. His crazy family never get old and this particular story had me rooted to my spot and I would not move until I had read to the last page.
In a matter of hours, this story was over and I was shocked at how immersed I was in this story. These books are wonderful for a reading slump or just some light and fun material to enjoy in general.
I hope this series never ends, the books keep getting better and better!
Where will Greg and his crazy life take us next?
Let’s find out in the next book!
I own and have read all of the books apart from the very latest two which I will of course be getting too!
These books are just a fun fly of a read and the nostalgia welcomes me back to these quirky characters and their extraordinary situations.
Greg is just relatable on so many levels and I seem to relate to him the older I get, funnily enough. His crazy family never get old and this particular story had me rooted to my spot and I would not move until I had read to the last page.
In a matter of hours, this story was over and I was shocked at how immersed I was in this story. These books are wonderful for a reading slump or just some light and fun material to enjoy in general.
I hope this series never ends, the books keep getting better and better!
Where will Greg and his crazy life take us next?
Let’s find out in the next book!
December 30, 2022
Loved this book! Gave me some good laughs, definitely made me relaxed, especially around this time. Thoroughly enjoyed it, Jeff Kinney has a great sense of humor.
March 26, 2021
Greg's mum wants to have some electronics-free time for the whole town and she gets a petition signed and makes it happen. Greg and Rowley try to profit off the whole thing but it backfires and they are roped into actually working there.
Greg's grandpa comes to live with them and it doesn't sit well with his dad which in turn doesn't work for Rowley and Greg as they both get the be responsible lecture. When Greg ends up wrecking his dad's car (his grandpa was more responsible about the wrecking in my opinion) while his dad is away, he knows that he is going to get in trouble so he goes on this camp trip which he didn't want to go to. Greg is not cut out for camping and it turns out that most of the kids his age don't like that either. Greg's dad ends up coming to the camp to chaperone for the last couple of nights and they end up bonding over that.
Greg is growing and actually getting taller (I noticed in the sketches). I quite enjoyed this as I don't like camping myself and the whole be responsible thing was pretty hilarious. A nice addition with great sketches.
4 stars
Greg's grandpa comes to live with them and it doesn't sit well with his dad which in turn doesn't work for Rowley and Greg as they both get the be responsible lecture. When Greg ends up wrecking his dad's car (his grandpa was more responsible about the wrecking in my opinion) while his dad is away, he knows that he is going to get in trouble so he goes on this camp trip which he didn't want to go to. Greg is not cut out for camping and it turns out that most of the kids his age don't like that either. Greg's dad ends up coming to the camp to chaperone for the last couple of nights and they end up bonding over that.
Greg is growing and actually getting taller (I noticed in the sketches). I quite enjoyed this as I don't like camping myself and the whole be responsible thing was pretty hilarious. A nice addition with great sketches.
4 stars
April 29, 2015
I think I'm hyperventilating
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May 24, 2024
ماجراجویی با گرِگ هفلی همیشه جذابه. تو هر نقطهای از زندگی که باشی، تو رو برمیداره با خودش میبره و تا مدتی، هرچند کم، از دغدغههات دورت میکنه :))
May 14, 2025
دوستش داشتم.
*** امتیازی که به کتابای Diary of a wimpy kid میدم بر اساس تعداد خندههاییه که باهاش داشتم.
۱۴۰۴/۰۲/۲۳
*** امتیازی که به کتابای Diary of a wimpy kid میدم بر اساس تعداد خندههاییه که باهاش داشتم.
۱۴۰۴/۰۲/۲۳
March 24, 2016
Jeff never gets old.
I really liked this book, I'm a huge fan of Greg. I loved the characters in this one but I kind of missed Rowley and Manny. But it was great and funny. This is my favorite cover of all.
I can't wait to read the next one!
I really liked this book, I'm a huge fan of Greg. I loved the characters in this one but I kind of missed Rowley and Manny. But it was great and funny. This is my favorite cover of all.
I can't wait to read the next one!
August 15, 2023
Susan is sick of the kids always being on their phones and devices. Roderick is forced to get a job, and Greg goes to a sleep away camp to avoid the wrath of his dad after damaging his car.
At the camp, there's a legend of a crazed farmer named 'Silas Scratch.'
Myth has it, he still wanders around the woods there, and campers are never seen or heard from again, if caught by him. But while Greg finds a lot of fallacies in the story of Silas Scratch, he can't seem to convince the other campers. But he soon finds that maybe there is something to this story after all...
As someone who's gone to a camp like this before, I was entertained by the concept of Greg having to tough it out in the woods.
(Though when I went, I had to bunk up in a tent that I shared with like—five other people... But that's besides the point.)
It was an entertaining installment in the series, and it had a funny twist in there too. (I'm also starting to think Roderick shares Greg's bad luck)
At the camp, there's a legend of a crazed farmer named 'Silas Scratch.'
Myth has it, he still wanders around the woods there, and campers are never seen or heard from again, if caught by him. But while Greg finds a lot of fallacies in the story of Silas Scratch, he can't seem to convince the other campers. But he soon finds that maybe there is something to this story after all...
As someone who's gone to a camp like this before, I was entertained by the concept of Greg having to tough it out in the woods.
(Though when I went, I had to bunk up in a tent that I shared with like—five other people... But that's besides the point.)
It was an entertaining installment in the series, and it had a funny twist in there too. (I'm also starting to think Roderick shares Greg's bad luck)
February 8, 2017
my brother let me borrow his books, and said for me to read his favourite series, Diary of A Wimpy Kid. And I thought that was adorable so I read the whole thing in an hour. Such a easy read to get through and can be enjoyed at any age. Awesome book!
November 7, 2015
The pet pig from the last book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is back. Roderick gets a job and Grandpa (Dad's dad) moves in. But some things never change, Greg is still in middle school. As he says on page 15, I feel like I've been in middle school FOREVER. Plus Manny still is not potty trained.
This school year, Greg's grade gets to go on a class trip to Hardscrabble Farms for a few days. Greg has no interest in attending a back to nature field trip, but after a mishap at home he decides the best thing to do is lay low and go on the class trip. But can he survive roughing it and the legend of Silas Scratch?
This school year, Greg's grade gets to go on a class trip to Hardscrabble Farms for a few days. Greg has no interest in attending a back to nature field trip, but after a mishap at home he decides the best thing to do is lay low and go on the class trip. But can he survive roughing it and the legend of Silas Scratch?
November 13, 2015
AHAHAAHHAH OH GOD I LOVE THESE BOOKS SO MUCHHHH
December 13, 2015
Series done!(:
December 28, 2024
This one didn’t resonate with me. I didn’t find any of the moments particularly humorous. Felt like a filler.
☆ (1 star)
☆ (1 star)
September 9, 2021
دبستانی بودم که مجموعه رو شروع کردم و یادش بخیر چقدر تصاویر و سبک روایت داستان ها رو دوست داشتم 🥰
چند وقت پیش که شنیدم مجموعه تموم شده ، دلم براش تنگ شد و گفتم به یاد اون موقع برم و چند جلد آخر رو بخونم
🌱🌸
ماجرای این جلد مربوط به یک اردو میشه و اصلا فضای مدرسه ای نداره ، راستش نمیدونم این جلد داستان افت کرده بود یا من چون چند ساله توی این سبک کتابی نخوندم این حس رو داشتم ، در کل خیلی این جلد رو نپسندیدم
درباره ی ترجمه : یادمه از بین ترجمه های مختلف حوض نقره ترجمه های بهتر و سانسورهای کمتری داشت (البته در طول مجموعه چندبار مترجم عوض شد)
با این حال من حس کردم این جلد به نسبت خطاهای ترجمه ای و سانسور بیشتری داره
🌼🌱
چند وقت پیش که شنیدم مجموعه تموم شده ، دلم براش تنگ شد و گفتم به یاد اون موقع برم و چند جلد آخر رو بخونم
🌱🌸
ماجرای این جلد مربوط به یک اردو میشه و اصلا فضای مدرسه ای نداره ، راستش نمیدونم این جلد داستان افت کرده بود یا من چون چند ساله توی این سبک کتابی نخوندم این حس رو داشتم ، در کل خیلی این جلد رو نپسندیدم
درباره ی ترجمه : یادمه از بین ترجمه های مختلف حوض نقره ترجمه های بهتر و سانسورهای کمتری داشت (البته در طول مجموعه چندبار مترجم عوض شد)
با این حال من حس کردم این جلد به نسبت خطاهای ترجمه ای و سانسور بیشتری داره
🌼🌱
January 3, 2017
Διασκεδαστικό βιβλίο, για μικρούς - και όχι μόνο - αναγνώστες, αλλά νομίζω ότι η ποιότητα έχει πέσει λίγο σε σχέση με τα προηγούμενα! Εννοείται ότι η οικογένεια του Γκρεγκ είναι.. κάπως ιδιαίτερη... αλλά όχι και τόσο... Μου άρεσε πολύ πάντως η περιπέτεια στην ερημιά κατασκήνωση, σίγουρα όμως δεν θα ήθελα να συμμετέχω (Τζίσους που θα έλεγε και η ξενέρωτη!!!)
June 10, 2015
It is good
December 22, 2015
3.9 / 5 stars
At first, I was really annoyed with some things. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are known for making things look EXTREME with Greg's family but this time, it went a bit off the limit. I mean...the pig that Greg and his family found in book nine learned how to walk in two legs like a human and NOT ONLY THAT, it is implied that it learned how to write as well. How is that even possible?
Plus, how is it possible for Greg to wear first his shoes and then his socks? Even without his mother's 'timetable' he is..how old, sixteen? I find this to be really unrealistic to be honest and it kinda ruined the whole book for me. There were some things, though that I liked and these ones made me vote this book with 4 stars.
The camp story. It proved that Greg's father is EXACTLY like him and in my opinion, this means a lot. Plus, the whole thing that happened in the camp, Silas Scratch and everything made me roll on my bed from too much laughing.
Overall, it was a good book. My favorite in the series was the ninth one. I told my brother about my problems with this book but he just laughed. Maybe it's because he is obsessed with this series xD
Anyways, well, if you already like this series, read it
~Mary
At first, I was really annoyed with some things. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are known for making things look EXTREME with Greg's family but this time, it went a bit off the limit. I mean...the pig that Greg and his family found in book nine learned how to walk in two legs like a human and NOT ONLY THAT, it is implied that it learned how to write as well. How is that even possible?
Plus, how is it possible for Greg to wear first his shoes and then his socks? Even without his mother's 'timetable' he is..how old, sixteen? I find this to be really unrealistic to be honest and it kinda ruined the whole book for me. There were some things, though that I liked and these ones made me vote this book with 4 stars.
The camp story. It proved that Greg's father is EXACTLY like him and in my opinion, this means a lot. Plus, the whole thing that happened in the camp, Silas Scratch and everything made me roll on my bed from too much laughing.
Overall, it was a good book. My favorite in the series was the ninth one. I told my brother about my problems with this book but he just laughed. Maybe it's because he is obsessed with this series xD
Anyways, well, if you already like this series, read it
~Mary
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2016
دوست داشتنى مثل ٩ تاى قبلى..خيلى باهاش حال كردم مخصوصن كه زبان اصلى خوندم
April 1, 2017
one acronym is enough to describe the whole book, "lol."
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