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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.

Plot

the story begins four weeks later since Greg Heffley the main character had a big fight with his best-friend, Rowley Jefferson. when suddenly he finds out that Rowley's parents hired a teenager as a replacement for his best friend from a company called "Cool Brian". Now struggling without a best friend, Greg's attempts to become popular in various ways, most which are immediately backfired. Another struggle going on, is that Greg has to attend his uncle's fourth weddingin wich Greg will have "The talk" with his great-grandmother Gammie, a polite and clever old woman.Things get no better at home. Susan announces that she will be going back to school for a few months in order to 'stimulate' her mind. As a result, the Heffley men must take care of themselves, and most chances of freedom disapear. Greg also faces problems such as his dad's inappropriate ways in helping him with his homework,and with Rodrick pulling pranks on him,hes about to lose it.

In the middle greg faces an ill-tempered, paranoid dentist, instead of going to his usual dentist where Greg has a crush on one of the hygienists there, failing a high-grade Health class asigns a project where he must take care of an egg like it is a baby, and dealing with an extremely lazy maid called Isabella who Susan hired to clean the house, refuses to do Greg's laundry, hogs the TV, and takes naps in Greg's bed. Greg tries to convince his mother that the maid doesn't do any work, but refuses to listen. Eventually, Susan discovers Isabella's true identity and fires her as a result. The next day as the school year progresses, 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 chaperones, all technology banned, an incident where the chaperones think one of Greg's team members of a game photographed their rear end when really it was one of the teammate's bent arm,and a freezing cold night in which the chaperones intentionally turned off the heater and switched on the air conditioner to keep the misbehaving boys in their sleeping bags. Eventually, the Lock-In comes to an end.

In the end Rowley comes to school with a large pimple on his forehead and thinks that just because he has it, it makes him look cool. This makes Greg wonder about his growth spurt.He then asks his parents why he hasn't hit his growth spurt yet and discovers to his disappointment that his parents were both "late bloomers." Rowley and Greg are then both invited to another one of Jordan Jury's wild parties, much to Greg's happiness. Unfortunately for Greg, the party takes place on the same day as his Uncle Gary's wedding.bored from everything going on at the wedding,greg sitting quietly on his chair when suddenly Gammie calls him in a private room where he then receives "The Talk" from her. 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 and returns to the family, much to Greg's delight. He also realises that the reason he was invited to Jordan Jury's party was that they could be abused and used as servants. Greg also decided to make the first move and mends his friendship with his ex-best friend Rowley, and the two became friends again.

So with all the situations going on greg makes it through summer alive and happy.

References

1. ^ "Diary of a Wimpy Kid ::: by Jeff Kinney". Wimpykid.com. 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

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