Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (book)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Author	Jeff Kinney
Illustrator	Jeff Kinney
Cover artist	Jeff Kinney and Chad W. Becker man
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 2
Genre	Comedy
Publisher	Amulet Books
Publication date	October 12, 2009 (United States) October 13, 2009 (Canada)
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
Pages	217
ISBN	978-0-8109-8391-5
Preceded by	The Last Straw
Followed by	The Ugly Truth

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, and is the fourth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.^[1] It was released on October 12, 2009 in the USA and October 13, 2009, in Canada. The film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, released on August 3, 2012, was based on the book and its predecessor, The Last Straw.

Plot

The book starts with Greg describing how he is more of an "indoor person," his mom tells him to go outside and how he will spend his summer vacation playing video games, but his mom stops him. Greg and his friend Rowley go to Rowley's country club after school closes for the summer, but Greg is kicked out because he complains of even the smallest things.

Greg and Rowley decide to start a lawn care service called the "V.I.P. Lawn Care Service". Unfortunately, the job is a fiasco since the boys have never used a lawn mower before. Greg wants money, as his birthday veers closer. During Greg's birthday party, Susan confiscates some money to pay off Rowley's dad's smoothie bill from the country club. Greg also gets a Ladybug, a cell phone that can only make emergency calls and home calls.

Greg, Rodrick, and his mom go to the local pet store. Greg gets an angelfish but Rodrick, on the other hand, gets a pet piranha which he doesn't take care of. After a trip to the water park, Greg finds that the piranha ate his angelfish while they were gone, upsetting Greg. When Frank learns that his father accidentally killed his dog when he was young, he goes to get a new dog to regain his loss. The family named him Sweetie, which causes significant problems for Greg's summer. Greg and his mom meet Rowley's family at the supermarket, where they are buying groceries for their family vacation. Rowley's mom invites Greg to the beach, to which his mom agrees, with disastrous results. After this incident, Greg is afraid that his dad is going to sell him to an orphanage, and he calls the police with his Ladybug phone. After a long talk with the police, Frank gives the cops tickets to a baseball game to repay them for their trouble, and it turns out that Frank was giving Sweetie to Grandma. Susan is disappointed because she bought the tickets for Frank and Greg to spend time together.

After hearing about a video game competition, Greg and Rowley decide to camp in front of the video game hut, thinking that's where the competition is going to be. However, Rowley accidentally injures Greg's hand causing Greg to not compete in the video games competition. At the end of the summer, Greg regrets not staying at home throughout the summer and play video games. His mother views this as a Best Summer Ever while Greg views it as a horrible summer.

References

1. Jeff Kinney (2007-12-13). "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". Wimpykid.com. Retrieved 2011-02-11.