3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
The book was released on November 15, 2011.
The cover shows Greg and Manny trapped inside because of heavy snow.
This is considered one of the best books in the series, and is very popular and has won an award in
2012 for children's books.
5. Storyline
Greg Heffley is in big trouble.
School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect.
But the crazy thing is, he's innocent. Or at least sort of.
The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley
family is trapped indoors.
Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music, but
could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the
holidays?
6. Important scenes or events
Dec 10, 2011 Greg has a sleepover with
Rowley
Greg has a sleepover with Rowley but Rowley is very annoying so he makes a challenge that
whoever goes out in the middle of the night and writes their name on their treehouse wins
and has to call the other person sir for the rest of his life. But Greg already has his name on
the tree so he wins.
Dec 12, 2011 Greg's mom doesn't loan
Greg money
Gregs mom doesn't give greg money and says he has to earn it himself.
Dec 13, 2011 Greg trys to get money Greg tries to get money by shovelling peoples driveways, but the 1 person who says he'll
pay. By the time he's done clearing the driveway, it's already piled up to about the same
height so the man wouldn’t give him money. He sprays his driveway with water and it clears
his driveway but covers it with ice. The man falls and Greg has to pay $20.
Dec 14, 2011 Gregs dad gets a new car. Greg's dad doesn't let Greg put his student of the week sticker on the bumper so he gives it
to Manny who puts right in the middle of the car and Greg has to try to take it off. He takes it
off with a steel wool pad but it also takes the metal off. When his dad finds out, they trade
the car in for a used minivan. And Greg asked for money on the giving tree.
Dec 15, 2011 The school replaces all the unhealthy
snacks with healthy food.
They take away all the energy drinks and unhealthy foods like chocolate chip cookies and
french fries etc.
7. Important scenes or events
Dec 16, 2011 Greg is too poor to buy presents He doesn’t have enough money and he needs about $20.
Dec 17, 2011 Greg finds out his mom forged kenny centazo's
signature
Greg tries to sell his book then the comic book guy tells him its not Kenny Centazzo's
signature and that it is completely worthless.
Dec 18, 2011 Greg finds drummies at the store. After he finds drummies he wants to make his own holiday bazaar with Rowley.
Dec 19, 2011 The news refuse to put there holiday bazaar in
the newspaper
Greg and Rowley make their own newspaper and try to sell it and get ads in it.
Dec 20, 2011 Greg and Rowley put posters up on the school It starts to rain and the poster boards are wrecked so they take them off and there are
big green splotches on the wall a person yells at them so they run away.
Dec 21, 2011 They go to school and everyone is talking
about the splotches
The vice principal calls people down and the police are there. They also leave
anonymous tip box so anyone can leave an anonymous tip. Rowley puts a tip in and it
says me and Greg heffley did it but didn't put his name. Greg gets called down to the
office and has to clean up the splotches on the wall. When he gets home there was a
note from the police and they said they would return.
8. Important scenes or events
Dec 22, 2011 It snowed so much they are trapped inside their
house.
They are trapped inside and the basement flodded and Greg and Rodrick
have to share a room. Greg has to take care of Manny and feed him etc. The
power goes out and they are running out of food. Greg's dad is at a hotel and
is safe.
Dec 22, 2011 They are trapped inside and manny broke their
mom's glasses
Manny broke their mom's glasses trying to do a magic trick that Greg showed
him.
Dec 23, 2011 Manny did it It turns out that manny cut the power so it was only for his room. He had a
space heater tons of food and alot of other stuff, too.
Dec 25, 2011 It's Christmas! It is Christmas day and they found the presents in garbage bags in the garage
not under the tree. Greg goes to search for the money he requested from the
giving tree he shovels the whole in front of the soup kitchen to find it because
that's where he asked them to put it.Nothing was there but he was in the
newspaper for shoveling in front of the soup kitchen. They also went to church
in v-necks they got because they had no other clean clothes.
9. Lesson learnt or effect on life
The idea behind the book is that as we are growing up we are forging our identity, and that
identity becomes hard to escape later on.
