Jeff Kinney is an American author and game designer best known for creating the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. The series follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, an 11-year old boy who attends middle school. Greg deals with bullies like his older brother Rodrick and problems fitting in. The books are told from Greg's perspective through journal entries and drawings. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and been translated into over 50 languages. Kinney draws inspiration from his own family to craft the humorous stories about middle school life.
2. About Jeff
kinney
Job: author/game designer, writer
and creative
Born: February 19 1971 (age 47)
School: University of Maryland
Nationality: American
Dreams: To become a newspaper
cartoonist.
3. Characters
Greg- Greg is the main character. He is 11 years
old, he is in middle school. He don’t like doing
sports, so he plays video games. He has two
brothers, Rodrick and Manny
Rodrick-Rodrick is Greg’s brother, but more like
an enemy that degrading him and bits him up.
He plays the drums for a band that called Loded
Diper. Also Rodrick hates school.
Manny- He is Greg’s young brother. Also he
likes tattle tailing
Rowley-Greg’s best friend. He is a idiotic.
4. Settings
Most of the characters interaction
takes place at greg's house and the
school. He is in 7th grade and goes to
middle school.
He is running from is bad luck but no
matter what he can’t run from is
destiny to have bad luck.
6. Solution Problem
Greg is trying to find a secret that Rodrick have
and he aims on him like he did to him.
The biggest problem is Rodrick, Rodrick is Greg’s
brother that always make Greg hate is life more
and more over the years. He is bullying him, you
can say they are enemies not brothers. Every book
Rodrick have a secret of something really
awkward that happened to Greg, so if Greg
tattletales on him he tell his secret to all the
world. Another problem is Mani, mani is Greg’s
little brother that always tattletales on Greg, and
if he did something bad he always has the same
alibi “I am just three years old”. Another problem
is that is mom wants him to go play outside with
Rowley and won’t spend is summer on playing
video games at home.
7. Facts
Jeff kinney opened a website called Poptropica
Jeff kinney’s books were read by more than 70
000 kids
Jeff kinney’s books were translated in 52
languages
Nickelodeon book of the year
Made a series of movies
His first drawing was a turtle when he was three
years old
He plays volleyball twice a week
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books have sold over
150 million copies
His real name is Jeffrey Patrick Kinney
His website (Poptropica) was named one of the
best 50 websites
He got inspiration from his family and fans
Jeff Kinney's real name is Jeffrey Patrick Kinney
8. Hard luck
Hard luck is a really funny book where
you can see that Greg is running from is
bad luck .
Half of the things that happens to greg in
the story also happen to us so he is not so
different the us.
You can also see in the book that there
are lot of punctuations and big letters.
This book is half comic and half a diary.
Hard luck came on 5th of November. It is
supposed to be jeff kinney’s best book.
9. A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of
fun… unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The
journey starts of a full of promise, then quickly
takes several wrong turns. Petrol-station
bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender
and a runway pig-not exactly Greg Heffley’s
idea of a good time. But even the worst road
trip can turn into an adventure- and this is one
the Heffleys won’t soon forget. (written from
the book summary)
Also in the book you will read it and understand
that it’s punctuations are the same in every
book. Like when they use big letters to highlight
the feeling and thoughts. Also they use dates
and names of the days and the months.
10. His mom thinks video games are turning his
brain to mush, so she wants her song to put
down the controller and explore his creative
side.
As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween is just
around the corner and the frights are coming at
Greg from every angle
When he discovers a bag of gummy worms it
sparks and idea. Can Greg get his mom off his
back by making a movie… and will he become
rich and famous in the process? Or will
doubling down on this plan just double Greg’s
troubles? (Written from the book summary)
Also the punctuations are the same but this
time it’s more interesting. Every book that Jeff
kinney wrote have a funny name and a
mysterious name that makes you want to read
the book