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  • Published: 28 January 2009
  • ISBN: 9780143304555
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $17.99

The Last Straw: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (BK3)




Book 3 in the phenomenally successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney.

Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways... somebody just better tell Greg's dad that. Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up and he enlists Greg in organised sports and other 'manly' endeavours. Thus far, Greg manages to side-step his father's efforts, then comes the threat of military school and Greg realises, he has to shape up or ship out!

  • Published: 28 January 2009
  • ISBN: 9780143304555
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $17.99

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About the author

Jeff Kinney

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.

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Awards & recognition

WAYRBA Children's Choice Awards

Shortlisted  •  2010  •  Younger Readers