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HARD LUCK (Use 9781419741944, Newer Printing)
Author:
Kinney, Jeff
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Series:
Diary of a wimpy kid, #8
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 8-12
Language: English
Demand: Moderate
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LC: PZ7.K623
Grade: 3-7
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ISBN-13: 9781419711329
LCCN: 2013033173
Imprint: Amulet Books
Publisher: Abrams
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Pub Date: 11/05/2013
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $13.95
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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217 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
H 8.5",
W 5.75",
D 1",
0.86 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Diary of a wimpy kid ;
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Fresh Reads for Kids TIPS Selections
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Children
Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Children's Core Collection, 22nd ed.
Children's Core Collection, 23rd ed.
Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
Middle and Junior High Core Collection, 15th ed.
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Family Life
Friendship
Humorous Fiction
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General
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LC Subjects:
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Diaries, Fiction
Friendship, Fiction
Friendship, Juvenile fiction
Humorous stories
Luck, Fiction
Middle schools, Fiction
Middle schools, Juvenile fiction
Schools, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Friendship, Fiction
Humorous fiction
Middle schools, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
5.5
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Points: 3.0
Lexile Level:
1020
Reading Counts Level:
7.6
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Points: 7.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 10/01/2013 |
| Maybe rolling the dice will help Greg Heffley catch a break after his best friend splits and Greg can't seem to find the suitable replacement that could end his terrible losing streak. It's time for Greg to stop planning his life and live by chance, but is that really the best way to avoid future disaster? Diary of a wimpy kid series, 224pp., Ill. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 11/01/2013 |
| Grades 5-8. Greg Heffley's eighth adventure (but who's counting?) centers on his relationship with his best friend, Rowley--more specifically, the demise of that relationship when Rowley gets a girlfriend. At first, Greg tries to insert himself into the mix, but he soon tires of Abigail's pathological control (she changes Rowley's hairstyle) and fussy propriety (she won't let him eat off of the cafeteria floor). And so Greg must navigate the minefield of middle school, with its hero points, dollar-store sneakers, and the looming shadow of summer school, all by himself. Without a sidekick, Greg spends more time at home, suffering the attentions of his "colorful" extended family, like Aunt Audra, who drags him along to a psychic visit. Greg begins consulting Rodrick's forgotten Magic 8 Ball and thinks maybe that will turn his luck around. As ever, Kinney strikes his comic target in the bull's-eye, exaggerating the trials of adolescence just enough to make them real while deftly exposing the insecurities behind Greg's bravado with his super, simple drawings. Will Greg and Rowley make up? Either way, devotees need not worry; there is plenty more angst in store. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Kinney's books are best-sellers on every list out there, and his rabid fans will be chomping at the bit to get another taste of the Wimpy Kid. Barthelmess, Thom. 224p. Booklist Online. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 11/01/2014 |
| 3. In this eighth series installment, Greg's best friend Rowley has deserted him for a girl, and Greg has to survive the daily pitfalls of middle school--not to mention a spring-vacation family gathering--without him. The plot here is a little thin, but the middle-school sensibilities and humor remain as authentic as ever. Another treat for reluctant readers. mvp. 218pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 05/01/2014 |
| In this eighth outing for Wimpy Kid Greg Heffley, he copes with the aftereffects of having unwittingly matched up best friend Rowley with Abigail in his previous outing (The Third Wheel, 2012).Readers who have experienced the ebbs and flows of middle school friendships might be inclined to feel sorry for Greg, except that all his reasons for his new unhappiness are so characteristically selfish. With Rowley gaga over Abigail, Greg now has to walk to school alone, losing his dog-poop scout and pack horse, for instance. Readers will have to squint between the lines for evidence of real emotion. As always, Kinney gets in a dig or two at the idiocies of modern education, snarking at ball-game bans in the name of safety and lame efforts to reduce bullying. Also as always, the plot meanders, taking Greg and readers from the middle school ecosystem to Easter at Gramma's for a look at extended-family anthropology before tackling science-fair stress. Greg's reliance on a Magic 8 Ball for all decision-making is good for some yuks, as is his discovery of a secret shelf of parenting books in the back of his mom's closet: Tellingly, amid such titles as Making Them Love Reading, Taming Your Defiant Child and Parenting Picky Eaters is Raising Decent Human Beings.By the end of the book, Greg may have taken a microscopic step or two toward becoming a decent human being, but as usual, it's mostly despite his best efforts. (Graphic/fiction hybrid. 8-12). 224pg. Online Review. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 11/11/2013 |
| Ages 8-12. Is Greg Heffley's self-absorption catching up with him? Maybe so, since he spends much of the eighth book in Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series bemoaning his lack of friends. Rowley, his former right-hand man/doormat, is occupied with his new girlfriend, and Greg is so desperate for companionship that he even tries befriending class weirdo Fregley. "I could mold him into exactly the kind of friend I wanted," says Greg, who's basically looking for someone to lug his schoolbooks around and "scout ahead for dog poop" on the sidewalk. Clashes with Greg's extended family also figure in, as does Greg's discovery of a Magic 8-Ball. Kinney once again gets in plenty of funny jabs at pop culture and everyday kid life, from poster board science fair projects ("Does It Float?") to Greg's rediscovery of his flannel "Body Blankie," which, while supremely comfortable, proves to be a liability during gym class. With Kinney sticking to the same school- and family-based brand of situational humor that made the previous books so popular, his legions of fans will likely devour this eighth offering as well. Agent: Sylvie Rabineau, RWSG Literary Agency. (Nov.). 224p. Web-Exclusive Review. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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