Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #2)

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Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2)

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The highly anticipated sequel to the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling book!

Secrets have a way of getting out, especially when a diary is involved.

Whatever you do, don’t ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn’t want to talk about it.

As Greg enters the new school year, he’s eager to put the past three months behind him . . . and one ev...more

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Published February 1st 2008 by Amulet Books

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Feb 12, 2012 Nandakishore Varma rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book for two reasons: I needed to get my book count up for the reading challenge, and reading We Need To Talk About Kevin immediately after No Country For Old Men was too much darkness, even for me. I picked this up from son's shelf, because I had enjoyed the first book: my son was flabbergasted, and my wife made fun of me, saying she'd give me Peter Pan next. But I am glad I did pick it up, however.

Greg Heffley is a loser: bullied by his elder brother and followed about by his tattl...more

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Jul 03, 2008 Lucy rated it 5 of 5 stars

it was also very funny and kids who can read should deffntly read it

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Jan 23, 2009 Kallie Polk rated it 5 of 5 stars

awesome!!!!!!!!!!

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Apr 06, 2008 Jodysegal rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Grades 3-8

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Anyone who has ever suffered at the hands of an older brother or sister, or even worse, been sandwiched in between older and younger siblings, will thoroughly enjoy this cartoon novel delivered in the guise of the journal of the beleaguered, under-appreciated and very funny Gregory. This book makes an especially excellent reading suggestion for reluctant boy readers. The third in the series is forthcoming!

SLJ: "He's a character that readers can laugh at and empathize with at the same time. The l...more

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Apr 05, 2008 Tal rated it 1 of 5 stars

Ok, so I read this book to see why my students seem to love it so.

Now, I'm all for silly humor. I can understand that, but I don't get the attraction for this book. I hated it. I finished it in a little over a day, but never did I stop wishing for it to end. I think the characters were horrible; the people in the book did mean things to each other; every person in the book was inconsiderate to each other; etc. I really could go on! I know I'm going to hurt some feelings next week when I report...more

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Feb 21, 2009 KatieLynn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Rodrick Rules was just as funny and descriptive as the other. In this book, Greg has disturbing conflicts with his brother that enrages Greg. As Greg states his *moments* with Rodrick, he discovers Rodrick has been rather mean too him. I can't wait to read the third book!

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Mar 30, 2012 Frank rated it 5 of 5 stars

In middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' terrible attempts to have them bond. Greg is enrolled into swimming class.
Greg's older brother, Rodrick, picks Greg up after swim class and forces Greg into his "Loded Diper" van. Every time Rodrick puts on the brakes, Greg ends up colliding his head into band equipment in the process. Those incidents end up with Greg walking home from practices.Overall this book is great for comedy l...more

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Jan 05, 2008 Betsy rated it 4 of 5 stars

When last we saw our hero Greg Heffley he had survived everything from cursed cheese to an unfortunate stage debut. Not that much has changed in his life, of course. He’s still a perpetual victim of his older brother Rodrick’s crazy schemes and his younger brother Manny’s three-year-old excesses. Greg might have to do what Rodrick says for a while too since his older brother knows something terrible, HORRIBLE even, that happened to Greg over the summer and he's threatening to tell the world. And...more
When last we saw our hero Greg Heffley he had survived everything from cursed cheese to an unfortunate stage debut. Not that much has changed in his life, of course. He’s still a perpetual victim of his older brother Rodrick’s crazy schemes and his younger brother Manny’s three-year-old excesses. Greg might have to do what Rodrick says for a while too since his older brother knows something terrible, HORRIBLE even, that happened to Greg over the summer and he's threatening to tell the world. And though Greg might try to participate in everything from role-playing to writing his comic strip to forget it, eventually that sword of Damocles is going to fall. It’s just a matter of time.

Kinney is almost eerily good at writing material that is as funny to kids as it is to adults. I haven’t yet discussed this book with someone who doesn’t know how the game Dungeons and Dragons works, so I wonder if a D&D newbie would find the game in which Greg’s mom joins (calling her character “Mom”) as funny as I did. For a sequel, there’s a lot of new stuff in this book as well. We finally get a chance to see Loded Diper (Rodrick’s band) play. We see Manny enter preschool on Halloween Day with disastrous results. And then there’s the Mom Bucks program instituted by Greg’s mother. That one sounded a little too real to have been made up, though.

You could probably use these books in class to discuss the concept of the “unreliable narrator” because at a certain point, Greg’s life is what every pre-teen to teen boy feels like his own life is. Everybody gets away with stuff except for you. Parents are too nerdy or out-of-it to be of any use, friends are unreliable, and the world is a scary place where your unique skills are not recognized. You get the distinct feeling that Greg might be exaggerating some of the events in his life, but that's not a bad thing. That said, it’s hard not to feel vindicated when Rodrick finally has something bad happen to him at the end of the book. Who knew that YouTube can be the ultimate high school equalizer! It brings adolescent embarrassment to a whole new level.

There are a lot of familiar callbacks, of course. Fights with best friend Rowley, for example. And I was very sad to find that one of my favorite characters, Fregley, didn’t make an appearance in this sequel. Still, it all basically comes down to this: If you like the first “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” then you will like the second. Maybe it doesn’t carry the surprise of the first book, but what sequel does? Thoroughly enjoyable and unrepentantly hilarious.(less)

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Dec 04, 2011 Vidya-BooksAreMagic rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-books, also-a-movie, i-own, funny, series, teen-college-middle-school-etc

RODRICK RULES - the sequel to the New York Times bestseller DIARY OF A WIMPY KID - is another enjoyable read. It shows how a self-centered and funny middle-schooler deals with his own problems, most of which are his own makings. Greg here, do not take any responsibility or understand other's problems other than his own. The kid is not a perfect kid, as everyone of us, but his ways and approach to a problem are..what to say..kid-like. :-) Most of the us have our own Greg moments. I will say this...more

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Jan 17, 2008 Brandy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen, 2008reads, comics, library, boy-books, realistic

Greg Heffley is back for a second volume. Things haven't changed much for him--he still thinks he's cooler than his best friend Rowley, his parents are still nerdily out of touch, and Greg is still running for the coveted Class Clown title. Unfortunately, that's not all that hasn't changed over the summer--younger brother Manny is still a tattletale, older brother Rodrick is still a bully, and Greg still has the Cheese Touch. Only now Manny is spilling secrets from ages ago, Rodrick has a new se...more

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Apr 02, 2011 Sara rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I think I liked this one better than the first one? Greg Heffley is still a jerk, but I definitely couldn't help literally laughing out loud at a lot of the jokes.

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Nov 30, 2012 Henry S rated it 1 of 5 stars

I recently read the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules (for the second time). I think it is a very good book. it has nonstop hilarity and constant nouveau riche critic moves. If I were greg i would probably start working out some! I mean its called diary of a wimpy kid for a reason! His dad is always telling him to start working out but he doesn't listen. He uses the barbell his dad got him to hang up his shirts. His next book is also hilarious!... but you'll have to read the serious to find out...more

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Jan 26, 2009 Corbett Martin rated it 5 of 5 stars

coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

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May 30, 2009 Alshaimaa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This book I can't describe:D
It's funny
I read it so slow, so the laugh doesn't end of my day:)
Just a little something:
-dad said to Rodrick: well, for starters Abraham Lincon didin't write "to kill a mockingbird":D
hahaha
I really recommend this book to everyone wanna have a relaxing time.
ENJOY

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Jul 01, 2012 Makayla rated it 4 of 5 stars

Also, very funny! They were very short books, all of them.

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Jan 22, 2013 Yousef rated it 4 of 5 stars

Diary of a Wimpy: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney introduced a new main problem to the table: older siblings. Rodrick the teenaged brother of the Middle School survivalist Greg Hefley tortures him to the point of a monopolizing frustration. As is Greg doesn’t have enough to deal with already, in this graphic novel, Greg now has his older brother acting up. The power seeking, rock-and-roll entrepreneur, and leader of the band “Loded Diaper” Rodrick ruins Greg’s life. He is a complete nuisance for t...more Diary of a Wimpy: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney introduced a new main problem to the table: older siblings. Rodrick the teenaged brother of the Middle School survivalist Greg Hefley tortures him to the point of a monopolizing frustration. As is Greg doesn’t have enough to deal with already, in this graphic novel, Greg now has his older brother acting up. The power seeking, rock-and-roll entrepreneur, and leader of the band “Loded Diaper” Rodrick ruins Greg’s life. He is a complete nuisance for the immature bickering never stops! Rodrick put Greg through so much mental frustration that Greg feels as if he may pop at any moment! However, his relentless and rebellious acts subdue, at times, and they get along. Their moments are treasured, for they are rare. Rodrick attempts to entertain his brother, and sometimes gives him advice, but even though the advice may make matters worse, it is the thought that is treasured. Yet, everything must come to an end. As a virus attacks a blood cell, Rodrick’s obnoxiousness overwhelms the good in his heart. From then on, the cycle continues and continues, and the intermittent bickering prevails. Greg’s humorous journal entries display the usage of creativity in the viewpoint of a young Middle School student and his endeavors to survive another school year. Teachers! It is harder than you may think! How will Greg and Rodrick ever survive each other, aside from Middle School and harmful advice?
This was a great sequel to a great book! The introduction to sibling rivalry truly widened the range of pleased readers, for they may relate to Greg even more! Greg is a very dynamic character. Almost anybody can relate to him in a way. This was amplified in this book. That is why I give this book a 4 star rating. It was great with great content, but way too predictable, again! Therefore, if Jeff Kinney had the ability to alter the book, create red herrings (not in terms of mystery, but in story writing in general)! I would recommend fans of the first book, to continue their passion. I also recommend this book to fans of the book, Middle School: The Worst Days of My Life. It is practically the same topic. Read my review on it to learn more!

Grading System
1 Star- The book was torturous! It wasn’t worth the time that you spent reading it.
2-Stars-The book had a 2 chapter’s worth of enjoyable context. I don’t really recommend it.
3-Stars-It was a great book, but lacked one special element that would enhance the read. It would depend on the book if I were to grade it or not.
4-Stars-It was an excellent book. The majority of this book had great context. However, it is not the book for everyone.
5-Stars-The book was almost perfect! I cannot say anything negative about this book. It was worth every nanosecond that you had spent on reading this book. It would be worth reading again.
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Jan 26, 2009 Tung rated it 2 of 5 stars

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The sequel to Kinney’s #1 Bestseller, Rodrick Rules follows wimpy middle school student Greg Heffley in his second year of middle school. And where the first book focused more on Greg and his friendship with Rowley and his trying to fit in and be popular, the sequel focuses more on his relationship with his older brother Rodrick – a lazy high school student with ambitions of being in a heavy metal rock band. Throughout the book, Rodrick is a nasty big brother who doesn’t treat Greg very well – w...more

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Dec 01, 2008 Jacob811 rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Comedy or short readers

Recommended to Jacob811 by: a freind

Jacob Kowalski
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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
By: Jeff Kinney

This book is about how Greg and his brother Roderick. How they try to get their little brother Manny in trouble, because all he does his get them in to trouble an example is that he put cookie crumbs in the TV and blamed it on Greg. The book tells that they lock Manny in his room and tell their dad that he is being a prisoner. Then Manny gets grounded because when he tried that before he jumped out the window and went to his friend’s...more

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May 07, 2013 Minuki added it · review of another edition

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an awesome series. I highly recommended you reading my review to make sure this product is right for you . I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. It’s an unforgettable an unbelievable quest in crossing the dangers in.......Middle School!I'm telling you from my experience that this book is fantastic wait no it’s an extraordinary book with sentences of very cool and funny clever tricks. The price range is around $9.99 which is an affordable pri...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Katelan Mccullum rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I chose this book to discuss for our "book talks." I just started reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series this year due to the hype all of my 4th graders during practicum raved about. I am so glad that I did! "Roderick Rules" is the sequal to the first book in the series. Kinney has done an excellent job creating the character, Greg Heffley that readers will sympathize with as he faces the ongoing struggles and hardships of middle school. This book focuses on Greg facing the upcoming year at sch...more

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Mar 20, 2013 03teih rated it 4 of 5 stars

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So this book is a continuation of the first book diary of a wimpy kid and it is more hilarious then ever. This book is one of the funniest teen books i have read and it was really fun to read it all at once. After the first few pages it got me hooked and it is a really good series. In this story the problem is that Greg is tormented by his older brother Rodger, like he's called names and he isn't aloud to sit in his brothers front seats of his car. Rodger is the kind of brother who things he's r...more

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Mar 05, 2013 Shi Anne rated it 5 of 5 stars

The authors main purpose is to writing the book is to tell the kids to behavior and not to tell lies to their parents when they have to go somewhere for a couple of days. Rodrick has to get along with Greg and they have to do their own homework and they shouldn't leave it for last minute. You should always do the right thing because when you do something wrong you can't change what you have done and it can get you in a whole lot of trouble. Don't disobey your parents like tell them a lie when yo...more The authors main purpose is to writing the book is to tell the kids to behavior and not to tell lies to their parents when they have to go somewhere for a couple of days. Rodrick has to get along with Greg and they have to do their own homework and they shouldn't leave it for last minute. You should always do the right thing because when you do something wrong you can't change what you have done and it can get you in a whole lot of trouble. Don't disobey your parents like tell them a lie when you did something wrong and you don't want to tell them. Like when you lied to them when they made something and them you came back it was gone and then you decided to blame it on somebody else. The authors point of view is in first person because he talk about himself. The book is out into a movie and it is kind of a children style of book because it has to do with Rodrick and Greg.

The theme is when you do what's right because doing the wrong can hurt you on the inside like if you tell a lie it can cause a huge problem to your parents or anybody else. They have to try to get along with their siblings can help you later in life. When you do the wrong thing it can get you into a lot of trouble with anybody thought your life.

The style of the book is a narration because it is telling a story of events that are happening because of what is happening in the book had happened in the movie. The narration in the story is telling me how Rodrick knows that his brother has a diary and he had tried to get out of a swim team and that Rodrick had to pick his brother up and they don't get along. It tells how Rodrick just tries to get what ever he wants without getting in trouble and Greg gets in trouble for what Rodrick does wrong. The story tells me what they do and where they go to be able to earn money from their parents for doing chores. How Greg goes to school and he sees Rowely at school and they talk about their summer break. How Rodrick is being mean to Greg. It is basically tells what Rodrick does and what Greg does when he is at school or at home.

What my opinion of the book is that it is a really good book and it tells you that you should not lie to your parents and you should do your own homework and not make your parents do it for you. What I like about the book is when they throw a party and their parents finally ends up knowing what they did but Rodrick gets in the most trouble because he told a lie and they got a picture of the party and Rodrick. What I dislike is that they lied to their parents and Rodrick is always mean to Greg. I could change the lie-ing part and Rodrick personality to being nice to his siblings. No because it is a movie and a book and there are all boys and no girls in the story except for their mom but I mean friends.(less)

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Jan 14, 2013 Myles Cooper added it

in this book i can relate to this book because i have two older sister that treat me just how rodrick treated greg in the book all ways getting him in trouble and always gets blamed and getts in trouble i like the setting that the author put this story in its just like a regular family in the suberbs and how he shows how Rodrick has the goods on him. Rodrick is can of blackmailing Greg about his most humiliating secret, so Greg can't ever tell on him. Greg wants to find out something embarrassin...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Ryan Whitt rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I just read a book called Diary of the Wimpy Kid(2)this book is by Jeff Kinney. The main character in this book is Jeffrey a small kid on middle school on of the smallwst in his grade. The main conflict in this story is that hes trying to be in the popular crowd but hsi only friend Rowley still acts like hes in third grade for some reason so thats why he cant get poplur real fast hes trying to teach him to be normal kinda of.

My opinion on this book is thats it alright, somtimes its good and so...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Ryan S rated it 4 of 5 stars

The book Dairy of a Wimpy Kid is based on an everyday pre-teens life. The protagonist of the story is Greg a 13 year old boy, that has an older brother which is the antagonist. Throughout the story both boys get into fights with eachother. The older brother Rodrick often bullied greg and always gave him a hard time. Greg is just going into middle school and he comes across a lot of conflicts throughout the story.

Rodrick Rules is 2 out of the 7 books they havent written based on A Dairy Of A Wim...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Austa Knutson rated it 4 of 5 stars

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The second Diary of a Wimpy Kid primarily faces the conflict Greg Heffley has with his rude older brother, Roderick. The previous summer, something unspeakably embarrassing happened to Greg and his brother holds this knowledge against him again and again. While Greg goes through the difficulties of school and his relationships with the kids at school and his family at home, he touches on this conflict again and again. By the end the back story is flushed out and Roderick and Greg must face a cli...more

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Oct 11, 2012 Alan rated it 3 of 5 stars

I chose this book because i read the first one about four years ago, and i wanted to come back to the series, since there is many more. Greg Hefley, is a loser that is in middle school. His brother Rodrick, knows about an embarrassing event that happened to Greg, and he is using it against him. Most of this book is filled with events, and a few humerus ones here and there. It's not anything complex, or gets you thinking, just enjoyable humor. My favorite quote is “I don't know if this makes me a...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Stephen rated it 5 of 5 stars

In Diary of a Wimpy kid Rodrick Rules 13 year old Greg Hefley has many challenges to face like dodging Rodrick, getting caught in the women’s room at the Leisure Towers, getting in trouble for an invisible joke on a Indian kid Chirag, and trying to avoid eat his grandfather’s watercress salad which is frozen peas and cucumbers floating in a pool of vinegar GROSS, but things get worse when Suzan (his mom) has made a new way not to fight by drawing a picture and say what not to do next time. Greg’...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Shahe rated it 5 of 5 stars

Diary of a wimpy kid Rodrick rules There is this kid named Greg that two brothers Rodrick, and Manny during the summer Greg dad put him in swimming classes. When the class would start he would ask to go to the bathroom and he would stay in there for the whole class. It was very cold in there so he rapped him self in toilet paper. When his brother would come and pick him up he would go in the back were all Rodrick bands stuff is. So when he would brake or stop all the band equipment would crash i...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Nafi Camara rated it 5 of 5 stars

1) I like this book because it kinds of describe the things my older siblings, and my 3 year old cousin does to me. For example, on page 39/40 Greg scared Manny and got yelled at by his mom just like me.
Also, when my little cousin touches my stuff I get mad and if I tell my mom she says he’s only 3 years old.

2) I would recommend this book to Nuirdalis. I would recommend this book to her because she has a little brother that`s very annoying. He is 7 or 9. Nuirdalis hates when he touches her stuf...more

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