PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction.

Names,
characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the
author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events,
or locales is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Kinney, Jeff.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw / by Jeff Kinney
p. cm.
Summary: Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his
father’s attempts to change Greg’s wimpy ways until his father
threatens to send him to military school.
ISBN 978-0-8109-7068-7 (alk. paper)
[1. Middle schools—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction.
3. Family life—Fiction. 4. Diaries—Fiction. 5. Humorous
stories.] I. Title. II. Title: Last straw.
PZ7.K6232Dp 2009
 [Fic]—dc22
2008060022
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Inc.
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Book design by Jeff Kinney
Cover design by Chad W. Beckerman and Jeff Kinney
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Thanks to my wife, Julie, without whose love and support these books
would not be possible. Thanks to my family—Mom, Dad, Re, Scott, and
Pat—and to my extended family—the Kinneys, Cullinanes, Johnsons,
Fitchs, Kennedys, and Burdetts. You have all been so supportive of this
endeavor, and it has been great fun to share this experience with you!

Thanks, as always, to my editor, Charlie Kochman, for taking a chance on

this series; to Jason Wells, the best publicity director in the business; and to
all of the great folks at Abrams.

Thanks to my boss, Jess Brallier, and to all of my coworkers at Family

Education Network.

Thanks to Riley, Sylvie, Carla, Nina, Brad, Elizabeth, and Keith out in
Hollywoodland.

Thanks to Mel Odom for his wonderfully bombastic write-ups of the first
two books.

And thanks to Aaron Nicodemus for encouraging me Way Back When to

pick up my cartooning pen after I had given up.
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeff Kinney is the creator of Poptropica.com, and the author of the #1 New
York Times bestsellers Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
Rodrick Rules, as well as the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book. He
spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New
England in 1995. Jeff lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife, Julie,
and their two sons, Will and Grant.