Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
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| Author | Jeff Kinney |
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| Illustrator | Jeff Kinney |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| Genre | Child, Young Adult, Humor |
| Publisher | Amulet Books |
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November 4, 2014 (U.S.A) November 5, 2014 (U.K) |
| Media type | Print (paperback, hardcover) |
| Pages | 217 |
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| Preceded by | Hard Luck |
| Followed by | Old School |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and is the ninth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. On April 28, 2014, Kinney announced the book's name and its cover color. The book was released on November 5, 2014 in the UK.
After summer vacation starts, Greg's mother Susan announces that the family is going on a road trip. At a cheap low-end motel that night, Greg and Rodrick decide to go to the pool, but find that there is no water in it. There is a hot tub nearby, but it is occupied by a family and they cannot convince the family to let them use it. They return to their room to find that the rest of the family has fallen asleep, taking up the bed. Rodrick proceeds to make a bed for himself out of sofa cushions leaving Greg to sleep in the closet. He falls asleep for a few minutes before being woken up by kids who were playing with a cleaning cart. Greg yells at them for causing a commotion, making the smallest kid cry and call for his father, who nearly gets Greg. Greg nicknames the family the "Beardos".
The next day, the Heffleys go to a country fair, where Greg finds that the Beardos are there as well. Rodrick submits one of his shoes to the "foulest shoe competition" in the fair and wins, but doesn't get the shoe back. Manny wins a competition for guessing a hog's weight, but the prize was a piglet, which the Heffleys are forced to take with them. The family plans to spend the night at a hotel suite, but it has a strict no pet policy so Mom smuggles the baby pig in a cooler until the Heffleys reach their room. The pig ends up raiding the minibar, forcing the family to pay not only for the food and drinks consumed by the pig, but also an extra $50 for violating the hotel's no animal policy.
On their third day, Greg's dad Frank gets an emergency call from work. In the meantime, the family go to various places. While driving, Dad gets a call from one of his international clients, asking the family to stay quiet. But chaos ensues, Greg is bitten by the pig, and it attempts to escape, consequently ruining Frank's call. Infuriated, Frank ends up taking the pig to a petting zoo, which makes Manny very upset. Later Greg goes to a vet because of the pig bite. Manny tries to run away thrice and is forced to be on a leash. Soon it rains and Mom rethinks their road trip plans over. Mom convinces the rest of the family that because the trip was terrible so far, they will use a method of deciding which way to go for picking things, similar to how Choose Your Own Adventure works. The method works, but they get in hot water with a funeral procession.
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