Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The Last Straw
By: Wrote by Jeff Kinney.
Edition: 3rd edition
Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Internet Book
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780810970687
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Middle schools -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Family life -- Fiction; Diaries -- Fiction; Humorous stories
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: The Last Straw
Description: Greg also deals with being compared to the sons of his dad's boss, who all play sports and always seem to be outside exercising. Frank is jealous of this and wants his sons to be like his boss's sons. After conflicts over Greg wanting to stay inside and watch TV on Saturdays and Frank stealing his school snacks, Frank makes him sign up for intramural soccer. The last straw is an incident at church on Easter, where Greg accidentally gets chocolate on the back of his pants. He refuses to enter the church with the stained pants on for fear of his crush, Holly Hills, mistaking it for poop, so his mother allows him to use her sweater like a kilt. Greg gets bored during the lengthy service and teases his little brother Manny, causing Manny to throw a tantrum. The Heffley family is forced to leave, and Frank's boss saw everything, resulting in Frank becoming even more embarrassed than Greg, who had to walk past Holly.

Greg does not like his coach, Mr Litch, who yells like a drill sergeant and runs intense drills during practice. In order to get out of this, he volunteers to be the backup goalie, but becomes the starter when the main goalie is injured. He takes a break to pick dandelions on the field, which ultimately costs his team the game. What do you think might happen next? It usually embarrasses everyone, but for one time, will it...?
Notes: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a novel written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, the third book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The book acts as a journal and follows the adventures of Greg Heffley, the narrator of the book, who is in the second half of his seventh-grade year. As you see his everyday life is actually a drag as every second could embarrass Greg!