Family band practice at full comic volume
Jeff Kinney shifts the series into roadie mode here, using Rodrick’s band ambitions to generate a looser, louder kind of chaos. The jokes come quickly, the drawings do plenty of work, and the whole thing reads like a scrappy backstage comedy for middle-grade readers.
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Family band practice at full comic volume
Jeff Kinney shifts the series into roadie mode here, using Rodrick’s band ambitions to generate a looser, louder kind of chaos. The jokes come quickly, the drawings do plenty of work, and the whole thing reads like a scrappy backstage comedy for middle-grade readers.
- Book Synopsis
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Ideal for readers who:
- Love Wimpy Kid books with family chaos and relentless visual jokes
- Enjoy stories about bands, bad decisions and accidental involvement
- Prefer short chapters that keep the comedy moving quickly
- Want a funny read that works for confident and reluctant readers
In Diper Överlöde, Greg Heffley gets pulled into Rodrick’s band world and finds that the road to fame is much messier than it sounds. Jeff Kinney uses that setup to great effect, building a story around rehearsals, travel and the deeply unreliable machinery of ambition.
As ever, the combination of cartoons and deadpan narration keeps everything moving at speed. It is an easy recommendation for readers who like humour driven by family friction, public embarrassment and an almost total lack of planning.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780241583104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Puffin, (18 January 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 217
- Weight
- 164 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 128 x 17 mm
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