Genre: Fiction
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Grade Level: 3rd - 6th
Cabin fever is book 6 out of many Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Greg Heffley is the middle child to his two other brothers, Rodrick and Manny. Greg and his family are stuck at home during a winter storm so this books tells of the adventures Greg goes through. Cabin Fever tells of the many things Greg experienced, it is his own personal journal, not a diary. Some of the things Greg writes about it is behaving well in front of Santa's Scout, creating his Christmas list, hanging out with his best friend Rowley doing dares and making up challenges, doing lame chores and talking to neighbors, all while it snowed. Greg goes back to school and writes about all the little changes happening and how the student body is responding to them. Greg and Rowley start their own newspaper to promote their own event, and this gets them into sticky trouble. While trying to advertise their new paper, it began to rain and Greg and Rowley unintentionally vandalizing school property. The rest of the book is about Greg trying to hide his mistakes.
This book is humorous and easy to read. The text, the informal writing, the illustrations, and the story line engage young readers. I would not use this book in my classroom because it is not age- appropriate. However, educators could use this book to transition readers from short books to longer books, or encourage students to write their own journals. This book would also work well for students to simply enjoy reading, not having an assignment attached to it.
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