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 'The Last Straw" is the 3rd installment of Jeff Kinney's book series, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". This book starts out with it being New Year and Greg is not having luck coming up with resolutions for himself. He decides that he is going to have the resolution to help others to accomplish their resolutions! I remember the feeling of being a kid and not really thinking of any resolutions, I remember it was easy to come up with simple things but bigger picture ideas were not easy! I had forgotten about a very funny part of this book. When Greg's mom warns Greg to stop eating the snacks for his packed lunch, Greg is shocked! He had not been eating them and he is guessing that his older brother Rodrick is the one eating all his snacks. Greg comes up with a plan to hide in the laundry basket of the laundry room and to wait it out and see who is eating his lunch snacks. He didn't think about the fact that the laundry was warm and sure enough Greg falls asleep in ...

This is the second book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Series. This book calls back to the first book that ended with Greg being worried that he still had the cheese touch. I enjoy this book a lot because I usually can see myself in the story. I really like the part where Greg and Rodrick throw a party while their parents are gone and they have to keep it a secret. Someone at the party writes "Rodrick Rules" on the bathroom door and they have to switch the door out for one in the basement. The only catch is that the new door doesn't have a lock. Greg and Rodrick have to lie and make sure to swear silence about it. Deny Deny Deny.            Greg finally cracks and tells his mom that they had a party but doesn't want his mom to tell on him because since the party he and Rodrick have been getting along better. I liked this moment of the book because it was such a real moment. I think of my brother and  I and how this would be something we would do! I lik...