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Summary- Stanley, a teenager that got framed for doing something he didn't do was sent to an old lake in Texas instead of juvenile. There are rattle snakes, deadly lizards, and scorpions in the old lake. Stanley was sent here to dig holes and rethink his life choices of what he did. There are other people that are also there with him. There are also other people his age with him that actually did something.

PREDICTIONS- I think Uncle Gary's wedding is going to not happen or something happens to it. I think this is because Uncle Gary has had 3 weddings before this and none of them lasted over 1 month. Every time uncle Gary has married someone they met only for 1- 4 months. This shows he does not take people seriously, this shows why he hasn't been in a relationship for over 4 months.

Point Of View- The point of view of this book is the 1st person narrator. This is the 1st person because its about a kid my age talking about his life in his view. I know this because in the text it says words like I and me many times. He talks about him, his daily life, friends, food, school, etc. So this is why this book is a 1st person narrator.

The protagonist is Stanley a teenager that went to a camp in the middle of an old town that is no longer there with deadly animals to help him because he got set up for something he didn't do. His actions and thoughts are that he is really mad because he got set up and now is in a camp for a year. He is feeling furious, angry, wants revenge, etc. He is a good student and a nice kid that got set up for doing nothing.

It is two days before Christmas at the Heffley's house on a cold snowy day. They were decorating the Christmas tree having a good Christmas so far. Then, BOOM the tree fell down after spending all that time decorating it. The Heffley's tried to calm down by watching Tv as a family because they never do. so they have every Christmas decoration except the main thing the Christmas tree.

GENRE: It is humor because there are jokes all around the book that are funny, then it's realistic fiction because it's about a kid in middle school like us. A joke it states is "We are only watching turtles hatch because they're Cute but if they were snakes it would be different." It also states " My first winter break of a 7th grader I wanted it to be at home." That's why its humor and Realistic Fiction.

Greg the main character of the book was mad that they were leaving for Christmas to a warm place and Greg was not happy. The airplane ride was hell for him he sat next to a husban and wife with a baby so he was mad. To begin with he does not like planes so this is really bad for him. Then they landed and he regretted what he said was perfect. Then at there hotel they gave them free stuff and drinks.