Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Greg is an average kid. He doesn't have a whole lot of friends, except the kid across the street who he spends a lot of time with but generally doesn't consider as cool as him. He gets along okay with the other kids in school (but the girls don't seem to like him—even though he was never one of those boys who thought girls were gross). He has an older brother and a younger brother that both set out to make his life a little harder in their own way. His parents don't let him play video games all day. Oh, and he's somehow managed to avoid The Cheese Touch.

This book chronicles Greg's life in middle school. He's on a quest to be noticed—and he tried lots of different ways: the school play, running for class treasurer, becoming a safety patrol, applying to be the school comic writer, and more. But he keeps being held back by his friend Rowley, who seems to get everything Greg wants. Will Greg get noticed this year? Will his friendship with Rowley survive it? Will he get....the Cheese Touch?