APA: Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Amulet Books, 2007.
Genre: Diary Fiction
Summary: This story seems to start like any other middle school adventure; “Normal”. The book begins with the start of middle school for a couple of boys who don’t quite feel like they fit in. To spite this feeling, they join wrestling in order to seem cool but are immediately pushed away by a loss to someone even dorkier than themselves. Regardless of their attempts to be “cool”, the boys are still constantly bullied throughout the book, no matter what they do. On top of these concerns, the boys experience conflicts between each other, ones specially of trust and friendship. More fights ensue and the boys are brought back together by the realization that friendship is what is truly important in this turbulent environment known as middle school.
Target Audience: I believe the target audience here would be grades 2nd Grade through 5th Grade. The target audience would be the best to enjoy this book since the book covers the transition into the “scary” territory of Middle school. This audience would feel related to and be given some positive messages about friendship after the story has finished.
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