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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth, written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, is the fifth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It was released on November 9, 2010. The cover mainly depicts Greg sitting on a tree stump staring at an egg.

Plot

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Greg Heffley begins his journal by saying it has been two weeks since he had a big fight with his ex-best-friend, Rowley Jefferson. Then he finds out that Rowley's parents found a replacement best friend: an employee of a role-model-for-hire company called "Cool Brian."

Greg attempts to score popularity points at school with a textbook that was previously owned by Jordan Jury, the most popular student in the grade above Greg's. He also posts edited photos on the Internet in an attempt not to be more popular, but to simply show others that his life is not boring or stressful, since he is jealous of the comfortable and fun-filled lives of others shown in their photos.

Greg then attempts to audition for a local ice cream advertisement for an ice cream company called "Peachy Breeze." Greg fails his audition due to poor acting and his age (Greg is 13, and the person needed for the advertisement needs to be 3-6 years old.) Greg then explains how he is discriminated because of his age by news reporters and his own family, stating he was was the center of attention when he was younger and is now disliked and ignored due to his current age and Manny, who is his younger brother.

Greg is then informed that his Uncle Gary will marry for the fourth time, and that when his wedding comes, Greg will have "The Talk" with his great-grandmother Gammie, a polite but sly and clever old woman.

Susan Heffley, Greg's mother, announces that she will be going back to college for a few months in order to stimulate her mind. As a result, the Heffley men must take care of themselves, and most stability falls apart. Food is often ruined, and misfortune often strikes the family when they simply go out to eat. Most chores are not done, leaving Greg with no clean clothes, since he is too lazy to learn, much less do, his laundry. Greg also complains that he must take more time to do his homework, since Susan often helps in in the way of giving him all the answers, and his father, Frank Heffley, makes him do the work on his own and helping only when he does not understand but does not give him the answers. Greg is also given the responsibility of waking himself up with an alarm clock, which fails, and attempts to wake up with a wind-up clock, but thinking it was a bomb, got no sleep. As a result, Greg accidentally set of the fire alarm at school in his sleep deprived state, but manages not to get caught.

Greg faces more misfortunes such as facing a serious, ill-tempered, paranoid dentist instead of going to a fun dentist center where Greg has a crush on one of the hygienists there, failing a high-grade but simple Health class assignment, and dealing with an extremely lazy maid who Susan hired to clean the house who refuses to do Greg's laundry, hogs the TV, and takes naps in Greg's bed.

At school, a "Lock-In" is organized where boys and girls Greg's age have a supervised slumber party in the school auditorium. It turns out to be a disaster, in which there are nearly no girls, excess amounts of chaperons, boring and risky party games, an incident where the chaperons think one of Greg's team members of a game photographed their buttocks, and a freezing cold night in which the chaperons intentionally turned off the heater and switched on the air conditioner to keep the misbehaving boys in their beds.

After the Lock-In incident, Rowley comes to school with a large pimple on his forehead. This makes Greg wonder about his growth spurt. They are then both invited to one of Jordan Jury's parties, in which many girls come and there are no chaperons at all. Unfortunately for Greg, the party takes place on the same day as his Uncle Gary's wedding. Greg is humiliated and bored at the wedding, and then receives "The Talk" from Gammie. Gammie explains to Greg the stress and horrors of becoming and being an adult both physically and mentally, which causes Greg to enjoy his late childhood for now.

At this point Greg's mother Susan stops going to college for now to returns to the family, much to Greg's delight. Greg also decided to make the first move and mends his friendship with his ex-best friend Rowley, and the two became friends again. Everything is back to normal.

References

1. ^ http://wimpykid.com/

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• 2010 books
• Novels by Jeff Kinney
• Realistic Fiction Novels