Your friend, the wimpy kid, is back! The 11th book of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (《小屁孩日记》) series came out last month! US author (作家) Jeff Kinney, 45, writes the books.

They are about Greg Heffley, a middle school student. He always has trouble with family and friends. He daydreams (做白日梦) a lot.

In the new book, Heffley goes on his adventures (冒险). He lets his dad buy him a French horn (圆号). However, he has no interest in learning it. His visit with a new friend goes wrong. He goes to a Halloween party. But his mother takes it over. Because he plays too many video games, his mother gets angry. So he decides to try something new. He tries to make a movie. But it still fails.

The book series is popular. Why? It talks about childhood. “I am trying to look at childhood from a different angle (角度) each time, and tell what being a kid is really like,” Jeff told Time for Kids.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an illustrated (有插图的) book series. The first book of the series came out in 2007. Over the years, people have translated (翻译) it into 40 languages. More than 150 million copies have been sold (被售出). There are three movies of the same name.

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