Rating: 10/10
Hilarious. Absolutely Hilarious is the only way to describe this latest intstallment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. For those who don't know, the series follows a middle school kid named Greg who loves video games and hates the outdoors, sports, and execessive family time. This story specifically depicts Greg's summer as his mother forces him to attend basketball tryouts. He attempts to fail on purpose, but ends up accidentally making one of the teams. The funny part is that the team is made of all the kids that failed at tryouts except for one kid, so the team is garbage. They lose every game in the season so they have to go to the second chance tournament. This is where it gets really hilarious. For one thing, the tournament includes all the teams that didn't win a game all season. For another thing, the tournament is held in a prison cell! Also, You stay in the tournament until you win, so if you lose the finals, you have to handle being offically the worst team in the state. The ABSOLUTE most hilarious part was when Greg's team was about to win the finals, but he got traded to the other team, and he shot the winning basket for them. Honestly, this book is the best I have read in a long time and you should definitely check it out. Now, happy reading!