Latest Wimpy Kid novel revealed

Jeff Kinney's 10th Wimpy Kid novel will be called Old School, and will be published simultaneously around the world. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School, will be published on 3rd November in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as well as foreign-language markets such as Germany, Japan, Turkey and Taiwain. Puffin will publish in the UK. The next book in the bestselling middle grade series will follow lead character Greg Heffley as he goes on a field trip to a farm, where he has to deal with the generation gap between his fellow students and their chaperones. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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