PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and
incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously,
and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments,
events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Kinney, Jeff.
Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules / by Jeff Kinney.
p. cm.
Summary: Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer
clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother,
Rodrick, from telling everyone about Greg’s most humiliating experience of the
summer.
ISBN 978-0-8109-9473-7 (Harry N. Abrams : alk. paper)
[1. Middle schools—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Family life—Fiction. 4. Diaries
—Fiction. 5. Humorous stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.K6232Dr 2008
[Fic]—dc22
2007032296
Wimpy Kid text and illustrations copyright © 2008 Wimpy Kid, Inc.
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID®, WIMPY KID™, and the Greg Heffley design™ are
trademarks of Wimpy Kid, Inc. All rights reserved.
Book design by Jeff Kinney
Cover design by Chad W. Beckerman and Jeff Kinney
Published in 2008 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I’ll be forever grateful to my family for providing the inspiration, encouragement, and support I
need to create these books. A huge thanks goes to my brothers, Scott and Pat; my sister, Re; and
to my mom and dad. Without you, there would be no Heffleys. Thanks to my wife, Julie, and my
kids, who have made so many sacrifices to make my dream of being a cartoonist come true.
Thanks also to my in-laws, Tom and Gail, who have been there with a helping hand during every
deadline.
Thanks to the terrific folks at Abrams, especially Charlie Kochman, an incredibly dedicated
editor and a remarkable human being, and to those people at Abrams with whom I’ve had the
pleasure of working most closely: Jason Wells, Howard Reeves, Susan Van Metre, Chad
Beckerman, Samara Klein, Valerie Ralph, and Scott Auerbach. A special thanks goes to Michael
Jacobs.
Thanks to Jess Brallier for bringing Greg Heffley to the world on Funbrain.com. Thanks to Betsy
Bird (Fuse #8) for wielding her considerable influence to spread the word about Diary of
aWimpy Kid. Lastly, thanks to Dee Sockol-Frye, and to all of the booksellers across the country
who put these books into kids’ hands.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeff Kinney is the creator of Poptropica.com, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller
Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New
England in 1995. Jeff lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife, Julie, and their two sons,
Will and Grant.