Hard Luck

Pages: 218
Published: 2013
Language: English

Greg Heffley is having a rough time. His best friend Rowley has moved on, and making new friends in middle school feels impossible. Desperate to change his luck, Greg decides to leave his decisions up to chance. Will a roll of the dice finally turn his fortunes around, or is he destined to remain a hard-luck case?

Prose complexity: 1/10

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Jeff Kinney

Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney (born February 19, 1971, in Fort Washington, Maryland) is an American cartoonist, game designer and author of children's books, best known for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series. He is also the creator of the children-oriented website Poptropica. Kinney attended Bishop McNamara High School and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park. He now lives in Plainville, Massachusetts, with his wife, Julie, and their two sons, Will and Grant, where the fami...