Thursday, June 18, 2015

The Long Haul

Kinney, J. (2014).  Diary of a wimpy kid;  the long haul.  NY:  Amulet Books.

Greg and his brother were playing video games one summer day and mom walks in and tell them they are going on a summer vacation road trip.  They all pack their things, but they didn’t fit in the car.  They took their dad’s boat so that all their belonging that they were taking fit.  That night, they stopped at motel and wanted to get in the pool, but it was empty.  They saw a hot tub next to it but a family name the Beardos were in it.  Later that night, while they were trying to sleep they Beardos were making a lot of noise so Greg yelled at them.  The next day, they went to a fair and won a pig.  When it was time to sleep, they couldn’t take the pig into the hotel, so they sneaked it in.  The pig destroyed the hotel room and they had to pay more money for the repairs.  They left the pig at petting zoo.  The family keeps on having bad experiences on their road trip.  At the beach, a seagull flew in the car causing them to have an accident and ruining the car’s radiator. They decided to go to the waterpark and thought they had lost the key to the locker.  When they opened the locker, all their things were gone including their money and credit cards.  They decided to go home since they couldn’t fix the radiator, they only put a sealant on it.  On the way home, the tarp on the boat opened and everything started to fly out.  When they got home, Greg found the key in his pocket and that they had opened the wrong locker.  The style Kinney uses is cartoon-like white and black illustrations to connect with the text that is written.  Its humorous comedy entertains the reader and will make you laugh. You can have students write a personal narrative of a funny story they have experienced.

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