The Third Wheel

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Label

The Third Wheel

Statement of responsibility

Jeff Kinney

Title variation

• Greg Heffley's journal
• Diary of a wimpy kid

Title variation remainder

Greg Heffleys journal

Creator

• trueKinney, Jeff

Subject

• trueBest friends
• trueBooks to movies
• trueBullying and bullies
• Comic and Graphic Books
• trueDiary novels
• trueDiary writing
• trueDiary writing for children
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueFriendship
• Humor (Fiction)
• trueHumorous stories
• trueIllustrated books
• Juvenile Fiction
• trueMiddle school students
• trueMiddle schools
• truePopularity
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueSchools
• trueSocial acceptance in children

Genre

• trueBooks to movies
• trueDiary novels
• trueFirst person narratives
• trueHumorous stories
• trueIllustrated books
• trueRealistic fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out. A dance at Greg's middle school has everyone scrambling to find a partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. So he concocts a desperate plan to find someone—anyone!—to go with on the big night.But Greg's schemes go hilariously awry, and his only option is to attend the dance with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and a female classmate as a "group of friends." But the night is long, and anything can happen along the way. Who will arrive at the dance triumphantly, and who will end up being the third wheel?

Member of

• trueDiary of a wimpy kid

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueAngst-filled
• trueFunny

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueConversational
• trueWell-crafted dialogue

Character

• trueAwkward
• trueRelatable
• trueSarcastic

Award

• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Younger Reader, 2010.
• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Younger Reader, 2012.
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 3-5, 2008.
• Colorado Children's Book Award, Junior Book, 2009.
• Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey), Children's Fiction, 2010.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2010.
• Great Stone Face Children's Book Award (New Hampshire), 2009.
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 2009.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 3-5, 2009.
• Maine Student Book Award, 2009.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books category, 2009.
• West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA), Younger Readers, 2009.
• West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award, 2010.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2010.

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

• 950
• 950

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 8

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Diary of a wimpy kid

Series volume

0001

Target audience

juvenile