Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Greg Heffley's Journal / Jeff Kinney / 217 pages / First Book in a Series

The insanely popular series is difficult to keep on library shelves.  Kids love Jeff Kinney's realistic portrayal of hapless Greg Halpern as he recounts his harrowing, hope-filled, destined-to-doom experiences in middle school.  Friendship, bullies, difficult big brothers and moldy cheese with nuclear cooties are all to be found within the sketch-filled diary.