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Diary of a Wimpy Kid #9

by Jeff Kinney, Alexandre Boide (Translator)

Greg Heffley está de volta com confusões tamanho família!
Uma viagem de carro em família tem tudo para ser algo muito divertido... ou não, ainda mais se for a família do Greg Heffley. A jornada começa cheia de promessas, mas logo sofre reviravoltas dramáticas. Banheiros de postos de gasolina, gaivotas ensandecidas, malas perdidas, um porco faminto... Mas até a viagem mais desastrosa pode virar uma grande aventura – e desta os Heffley não vão se esquecer tão cedo.
#150 milhões de livros vendidos no mundo todo
#Best-seller do New York Times
#Um dos maiores fenômenos recentes da literatura infantojuvenil
#Sucesso também nos cinemas
Sobre o autor:
Jeff Kinney cresceu em Washington, D. C. e atualmente mora no sul de Massachusetts com a mulher e seus dois filhos.
Além de escrever, Jeff desenvolve e projeta jogos online. Ao contrário de seu personagem Greg Heffley, o autor não tem nada de “banana”: a prova disso é que tem liderado a lista de livros mais vendidos do New York Times. Em 2009, Jeff foi escolhido como uma das 100 Pessoas Mais Influentes do Mundo pela revista Time. A série “Diário de um Banana” já foi traduzida para diversas línguas e é um sucesso no mundo todo.

Genres: Fiction, Middle Grade, Humor, Childrens, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Realistic Fiction

218 pages, eBook Kindle

First published November 4, 2014

About the author

Jeff 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'.

Reviews

[Archit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oink!

#Everything that the pig did was hilarious and made me wish he come back. And guess what the prince got his elixir back.

#Manny boasting his Spanish skills. I bet he's flying to space by the time he hits 5th grade.


A family trip out of a magazine?
Not quite like it.


The looooooooooong haul was a cracker jacker. Lows and further lows of a family trip coming about.

The book is a total laughter riot and if you have come as far as this, I can safely assume that you too are attached to this book. Addicted, I may say. This series is so compelling. Like those chain messages which you can't ignore for the fear of a unlucky Saturday.

The key being found in the pocket itself of none other than Greg. I wonder how many times that has happened to everyone of us?

GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES OF THE DECADE

[Bookworm007 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whoot! Whoot! Keep 'em comin', Kinney!!


edit on November 10th, 2014

This book was so, so, sooooo funny. When I got to the part about the seagull flying into their minivan to try and steal Greg's bag of cheese curls, only to end up wrecking havoc, I couldn't help but picture how awesome that scene would've been in a live-action movie. Too bad the movie franchise isn't going to continue. :(

Rowley was only mentioned once in the entire book, but that was ok. The road trip was a nice break from Greg's usual school/home/neighborhood setting.

[সালমান হক · Rating 5 out of 5]

মনটা একদম ফুরফুরে হয়ে গেল। একটানা ক্লাস করে স্ট্রেস এর একদম চূড়ান্ত পর্যায়ে পৌছে গিয়েছিলাম, কিন্তু এই বইটা শেষ করার পর সত্যি একদম রিফ্রেশড লাগছে। :)

গত দুইটা বই এ সিরিজ এর হিউমর এর যে কাম ব্যাক ঘটেছিল তা এই বইতে একদম পরিপূর্ণতা পেয়েছে, আর এইবারের প্লটটাও একটু আউট অফ দ্য বক্স । কারণ বই এ গ্রেগ আর ওর ফ্যামিলিকে ঘিরেই পুরা কাহিনী। বাড়তি ক্যারেকটার একদম নেই বললেও চলে যার কারণে আরো বেশী ভালো লেগেছে। গ্রেগ এর ছোটবেলার কিছু কথা আর গল্প যে বিভিন্ন যায়গায় বের হয়ে এসেছে তা সত্যিই মজার। :D

এইবারের কাহিনীতে গ্রেগ এর মার বুদ্ধিতে ওরা পরিবারের সবাই মিলে রোডট্রিপে বের হয়। আর যেহেতু হেফলী ফ্যামিলির রোডট্রিপ, শুরু থেকে শেষ পর্যন্ত একের পর এক মজার ঘটনা। মজা আরো বেশী লেগেছে ম্যানি আর ওর ছোট শুকরের বাচ্চার ঘটনা গুলোতে । আর এবার ম্যানির দিকে জেফ আরো বেশী মনোযোগ দিয়েছে মনে হল। সাথে রডরিকের চালাকী মার্কা কাজকর্ম তো ছিলই। :)

সব মিলিয়ে নি:সন্দেহে সিরিজ এর অন্যতম সেরা বই এটা। হাতে টাইম থাকলে বসে যেতে পারেন। হাসি থামাতে পারবেন না।

[Heba · Rating 4 out of 5]

ماذا يعني أن تقوم عائلة " هيفلي" برحلة برية ؟
يعني كارثة حقيقية....😄😄

[Prabhjot Kaur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever decided to go on a road trip on a whim and had pretty much everything go wrong? I have and so has the Heffley family. Greg's summer break is starting and he's looking forward to playing video games indoors but his mother has a different idea. An idea for the whole family to go on a road trip and do things spontaneously. After a bit of reluctance, they head out and starting from what should they be taking with them on the trip to accommodation to sightseeing and whatever else you can do on a road trip goes wrong.

I have not laughed so hard reading a book in a longtime as this. This was a laugh-riot. I pitied the Heffley family but also couldn't stop laughing and having tears in my eyes. There were some things that I could personally relate to. The best read in the series.

5 stars

[Ryk Stanton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been critical of the last few books in this series, feeling they were played out. Not so with this book! Kinney has revitalized this series with this latest installment - there were some genuine laugh-out-loud moments :)

I think what he did was abandoned all of the static characters he had relied on for cheap yuks and instead focused on Greg interacting with his family as they go on a road trip -- an awful, chaotic, hilarious road trip.

You could read ths book solo, but I think the series is with the time and money. These are fast reads for adults, fun reads for kids, and funny reads for all.

[Vani Kaushal · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a lovely way to start my new year! I bought this book as a gift for a kid and ended up finishing it before she had even read the first page. So as it happens, Greg Heffley, a middle schooler had planned to spend his summer holidays in front of the TV when his mother announced: "Pack your bags, we're going on a road trip!" Not a surprise, Greg is peeved. To complicate his life, his Mom has picked up all her crazy holiday ideas from an article she read in Family Frolic magazine. Greg's family is nothing like those "perfect families" they show on the cover of travel magazines, but that matters nothing. His life turns a hell as he squeezes himself alongside all those overfull bags piled on the last seat of their family car. As if his brothers, Rodrick and Manny were not enough, he picks a fight with the kids of a weird family; there is a pig that his mother wins at a village fair that must now stick with them; the dirty hotels where they stay; their car that conks off; loss of hotel room keys that they must deal with; unsavoury food and much more. This book is packed with all the spice that's typical of Jeff Kinney. Funny gags. Relatable characters. Greg is my favourite. Rodrick too. Oh, and by the way, the pig is really cute. Very well-written, indeed! Waiting for the movie adaptation now.

[Shai · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best books in this series that I've read so far. The funny road trip of the Heffley family will definitely make anyone laugh including that part where Manny won that pig. I thought that pig will never be reunited with Manny but in the end, that pig saved them.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

As always, cute. My son and I read these every year when they come out. I genuinely laugh out loud at least three times with each book. This one was just as funny in ways, but weaker in others since it took a hilarious situation and amped it up a little unrealistically. Sure, its all kids fiction, but this one is more far-fetched than the others. The magic and charm is humor that can be related to. This one has plenty to relate to, but goes over the top at the same time. It's a humor for kids who can sympathize, and adults who remember. Love these books and they haven't grown old.

[Kon R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a buddy read with my 7 year old. She gave it 4 stars and I will have to agree. It was a quick and easy read with a ton of humor. This book even had "villains," which added to the fun. It had it's share of cute and heartwarming moments as well. Perfect read for any elementary school kid!

[Ardent Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Think I'm always up for any book in this series.

The story setting ( vacation) was great where usually we see Greg in school or at home.

[DanielC_C1 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, this book was a disappointment to me. Before, in the other Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, the things that happened were actually believable. Now I feel like Jeff's lost that spark for good ideas. It's normal for a health teacher to assign eggs to students as homework to keep them alive and for the girls to decorate them and for the boys to throw them at lockers. It is NOT normal, however, to have a 3 year old kid know how to put the keys in a car and start the engine. It's also not normal to run into the same family for 5 times in a row. It's really not normal when your dad's on the phone with a work client, and a pig is squealing, a Spanish CD is playing, a 3 year old is crying, a giant pickup truck is honking beside you, and air is making a jet turbine sound through the sunroof of a car. It just doesn't sound believable anymore, and that's what used to draw me into the previous Wimpy Kid books. Personally I'd rate it a 3, because the things that happen are still really funny, but just not as realistic. Realistic stories in books is a big deal to me because it basically says that this could have happened right down the street. Without the realistic part, you can only think that this never happened. Which is a bummer.

[James]

O my goodness I had no idea you were giving out a new book! I have all of your DOAWK books and they all deserve 5 stars.I know you have been writing stories for a while so it is not as hard as it is for me at the end of third grade. Meanwhile I love your stories and definitely would appreciate it if you would give me your next book for half price.

[Quana (the black regina george) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s crazy how Manny ends up saving the day. This whole trip is exactly why my anxiety tells me to always have a plan on vacation—because, seriously, what was that?

☆☆☆☆ (4 stars)

This one definitely had funny moments, like when the pig caused complete chaos in the motel room and the Beardos popping up everywhere.

[Viuna]

I love dairy of wimpy kid

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Συνήθως τα οικογενειακά roadtrips είναι ευχάριστες οικογενειακές εμπειρίες που ενδυναμώνουν τις σχέσεις των μελών τους κλπ κλπ... Αν πρόκειται για την οικογένεια Χέφλι, πάντως, οι διακοπές θυμίζουν κάτι από το τρελό θηριοτροφείο πάει διακοπές! Περιπέτειες που ξεπερνάνε κάθε φαντασία, μια σειρά από ατυχή γεγονότα που όλα ξεκινάνε με καλές προθέσεις, αλλά καταλήγουν... άκρως δραματικά!!!

[Aysha]

The Long Haul

[Ariel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read this entire hilarious series along with my daughter who grew up with it and is now in High School. I have also substituted in an elementary school media center for several years I can attest that nothing flies off the shelf faster than a Wimpy Kid book. The kids fight over who gets to check them out.

In this latest installment the Heffley family decide to take a road trip that fortunately for the reader goes horribly wrong. If you work with grade school children or have them you are probably familiar with Flat Stanley and the popular Captain Underpants series and Kinney lampoons both of them hysterically. The family road trip begins with a dive hotel that seemed familiar to some I have encountered. From there things go downhill with the acquisition of a pig ( you have to read it to see how cute the pig is), stalking by another family road tripping, numerous mishaps to the family vehicle, and a run in with a seagull. I am not a person prone to laughing out loud when reading but I did so several times with this book. I can empathize with the mom's desire to get rid of her husbands toy that is clogging the yard. Some of my favorite moments from the book included the high jinks that ensue when the dad tries to take a conference call in the car with an important client and the episode that results in the father running across a hotel parking lot with his pants around his ankles. Anyone who is in a family, kids, or parents, will find this book highly relatable.

As an aside my daughter waited in line six hours to meet Jeff Kinney at the Miami Book Fair when he released Cabin Fever. He brought down the kids who are in the movies to sign posters too. The wait was absolutely worth it as it was the highlight of my daughter's life. Even though Jeff Kinney signed thousands of books that day he took time to speak to my daughter and was so incredibly nice. Kids also love his educational poptropica site so if you have them check that out as well.

[Suhasa · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far the best one in the series imo.
It was a total riot and a divergent one (as opposed to the rest of the books mostly set in Greg's house, school and neighbourhood), this was wholly about the family taking a flexible, fun and smooth (at least what they hoped) trip.
A lot of unexpected and wildly funny things happen over the course of this weekend trip, like a swarm of seagulls entering the car, and when the family loses all their valuables and had to somehow make it back home in their car (thankfully with a full tank), Manny speaking flawless Spanish and getting them out of trouble and much more.
Can't wait to read the rest of the 9 books that are left in the series!!
Go, Greg!!

Edit: Even better the second time around, with just the audiobook! Missed the funny drawings but still the narrator didn't let me miss much.

Edit 2: Still holds up well on the 2nd re-read.

[Noor Tareq · Rating 4 out of 5]

ربما يجب على الجميع ان لا يحاول تطبيق ما يكتبه الاخرين في المجلات او مواقع التواصل، لانه لا يفضي إلى خير، و هكذا تعلمت أسرة غريغوري الدرس، و دفعت ثمنه غاليا، فتلك الرحلة التي خاضوها لتعزيز اواصرهم الأسرية كانت متعبة، سيئة، عانوا فيها الكثير و الكثير من المشاكل.
لكن ما لم اتوقعه هو إصرار ماني على ما يريد، و اخيرا اعاد خروفه كما اراد.

[Philip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Greg Heffley is my hero:



He can do no wrong.

I guess technically Jeff Kinney is my hero who can do no wrong. Heffley gets himself into all kinds of trouble for being able to only make the wrong decisions - his words, not mine. (He compares his life to a Choose Your Own Adventure; even in those books his decision making is suspect...)

As always, parts of this were a little too unrealistic - dangling Manny into the van through the sunroof via a fishing pole, for instance. That kind of humor is too much for me. (Where was that guy from the animated gif above when you need him?)

But part parts were a little too realistic as well. The end of the swimming pool scene, for instance? Oh, man: that could totally happen exactly as written. And it's horrifying.

As to how that whole thing plays into the ending of the book, the choice is obvious: plant the key in Roderick's clothes and never speak of it again. In fact, before he even outlined the options, I thought to myself - why doesn't he just hide it in Roderick's stuff? Or his parents? It may not be completely honest, but no blood, no foul. And the best way too keep everybody a little bit more stress-free is to choose that outcome.


Side note: "That guy" from the animated gif above is actually Filip Horvat, a musician in the band October Light. You can see the music video where I got the gif HERE. It's really good. It's even better if you know Croatian.

[Lila · Rating 4 out of 5]

I laughed out loud as the family embarks on a road trip. Mom wants the trip to be fulfilling and educational. This trip is anything but! Stinky shoes win a prize at the fair. That prize is a baby pig that imprints on Manny. Clothes are stolen, accidents happen, and an attack of seagulls makes a giant mess.

[Jacko]

i love it

[Bang Bang Books · Rating 1 out of 5]

So, that sucked. It is totally unbelievable that all that happened on one road trip and it was even funny.
Smile/ sisters was better.

[Jan (Kavanagh's wifey) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This reminds me of how much I used to love Wimpy kid, Nancy Drew and Geronimo Stiltion as a kid

[Nhi Nguyễn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Đây là cuốn thứ hai trong series “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” mà mình đọc, cũng trong vòng 2 ngày là xong, và phải nói là nó còn hài hơn cả cuốn đầu tiên mình đọc là The Third Wheel nữa ha ha ha =))))) Trời ơi cuốn này hài và bựa muốn chết luôn á =))))) Đọc mà cười ỉa, cười muốn lộn ruột không nhặt kịp mồm luôn =)))) Khi nhà Heffley mà tổ chức đi road trip thì mấy bợn cứ đoan chắc là sẽ KHÔNG có chuyện gì diễn ra mà KHÔNG CÓ HÀNG TÁ problem, trục trặc và những tình huống trớ trêu dở khóc dở cười đi kèm :D :D :D

Bác tác giả Jeff Kinney làm ơn ngồi khép lại cho con lạy một cái với =)))) Thế quái nào mà bác cho xuất hiện một con heo trong cái road trip này không tin nổi luôn =))))) Ơ rồi khi Greg bị con heo cắn thì bà mẹ bá đạo của em đưa em vào phòng khám thú y mới hài, trong cái biên bản đăng ký khám bệnh, phần “species” (giống loài) đề chữ “human” luôn như đang muốn troll bà bác sĩ ấy =))))) À rồi cái GPS như điên, tìm ra cả nghĩa trang cho thú nuôi nữa =))))) Nói chung là nhà Heffley khi đi road trip thì sẽ luôn là một chuyến đi giông bão mà nói thiệt là mình cũng không hiểu nổi làm sao cả đại gia đình bựa này có thể chịu đựng được tới giờ phút cuối cùng =)))))) Lạy Chúa tôi ha ha ha :D :D :D

[Mizz · Rating 3 out of 5]

At least Rowley wasn't in this volume! Also, there was a scene that made me laugh!

[Zainab Alaraibi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very interesting and fuuny. It can relate to many people lives especially mine. It's hard having a baby sister/brother who always snitches. The funniest part was when Greg's mom and brother Many won a live baby pig and they had to take it. The baby pig was cute and smart.
This book starts off with summer vacation. Greg is psyched and ready for no school, that until his mom came up with a plan. His mom likes to read magazine called "Family Frolic". She got the plan from an artical about family bonding through a car trip. Greg was a little uneasy at first. After a while of explaining, he was convinced. Along the trip many bad things happen,ranging from minor to extremely major.
Greg's mom is extremely positive about things. She also likes to teach things, even if there is no reason for teaching. She has great intention on doing things, but they do not turn out.
I would recommend this book to everyone, any age, any gender. It is so good.

[katyjanereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. I laughed so hard several time: a) basically everything about the pig was hilarious to me b) when Greg had to go to the vet and they filled out a pet form for him c) the seagulls attacking them in their van.
2. I was very happy with this book. Some of the series wasn't as funny as the original but this one was great.
3. Is this the first one where it's completely away from home and school?
4. Also, I went on a road trip this summer with my friends and the backseat was the same kind of deal. We called it "the hole."
5. What kind of water park doesn't write down the person's locker number?
6. Rodrick having to use a bandage for another shoe. Hahaha

[Ola Al-Najres · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even the trip turned into a disaster , but the Heffley's adventures were entertaining as always , and honestly speaking ... Manny is the one who makes this series fascinated 😄!