Diary of a wimpy kid: old school

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“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School” is a young adult novel by Jeff Kinney which follows the misadventures of middle-schooler Greg Heffley as he attempts both to lớn khuyễn mãi giảm giá with his Grandpa’s moving in, & dealing without modern comforts while attending Hardscrabble Farm. When the novel begins, Greg’s mom, Susan, is worried her family is too obsessed with technology. She wants her family lớn unplug and spend time with one another. At the same time, Greg learns that Grandpa will be moving in for an unknown amount of time. While Greg và his dad, Frank, are concerned about this, Susan is delighted to lớn have three generations under one roof.

Greg’s mom manages khổng lồ get the issue of unplugging before the Mayor & City Council by way of a petition. The elected leaders then vote to lớn voluntarily unplug for an entire weekover. A chief part of unplugging will be volunteerism, in which people can come and help clean up the park. Greg gets roped inlớn volunteering at the park as well. While there, he decides khổng lồ take a break, but is joined by his older brother’s friend Billy Rotnick, a troublemaker doing community service. Billy has stolen girl scout cookies, which Greg doesn’t like at all. Susan and all of the other adults then show up, having tracked Greg through a GPS chip in his shoelace.

Frank becomes very strict with Greg, not wanting hlặng lớn goof off và wanting Greg khổng lồ become more independent. While Frank is away on a business trip, Greg accidentally drops the toothpaste cap down the bathroom sink drain, so he disassembles the pipe khổng lồ get it baông xã. He causes a huge flood which in turn stains the kitchen ceiling downstairs. Grandpa volunteers lớn bring Greg khổng lồ the hardware store to buy stainblocker paint, but Greg then remembers his grandfather doesn’t have a license anymore. The oto runs out of gas on the highway, during which time Grandpa goes khổng lồ get gas, leaving Greg with the car. Greg sees Billy & other community service teens cleaning the highway, so he ducks down & hides. When they pass by, Greg pulls himself out of hiding by grabbing the stick shift. As a result, the car rolls & gets stuck in a ditch.

Hoping lớn avoid his father’s wrath, Greg chooses to lớn spkết thúc the week at Hardscrabble Farms with his classmates & best friover, Rowley, a trip which Greg has been trying lớn avoid at all costs. There, Greg is subjected lớn living without junk food, modern công nghệ, và must live & vì chores the way kids did a hundred years ago. Greg comes khổng lồ appreciate the present more & lớn respect the kids who bởi vì such work, but it doesn’t make the trip any more enjoyable for Greg. Greg is even more annoyed lớn have Mr. Jefferson, cabin chaperone và father of his best friend, Rowley, for a bunkmate. But when Mr. Jefferson & Rowley are both exposed lớn poison ivy, they must both go trang chủ early. Greg và his fellow cabinmates vị their best khổng lồ get along, but fear the legkết thúc of Silas Scratch, a crazed farmer who used to own Hardscrabble.

Greg’s father is called in as an emergency chaperone. Rather than helping the boys get ready for their last night which must be spent outdoors, he adds lớn the legkết thúc of Silas, telling the boys to avoid his shaông xã in the woods. That night, while collecting firewood, Greg comes across the shaông xã. Looking inside the building, he discovers a modern maintenance shed và modern bathroom và shower. He also discovers his father inside, having just showered. Frank explains he attended Hardscrabble when he was Greg’s age, & that baông chồng then, bathrooms were horrible. When Frank & his friends discovered the shed, Frank made the shed look scary & invented the legend of Silas khổng lồ keep kids away. Greg is very impressed with his father’s scheming. As the week ends, Greg drives trang chính with his father, holding up a sign for the incoming kids that says “Beware of Silas Scratch”.