DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: HARD LUCK

By Jeff Kinney

Synopsis

In the most hotly anticipated children's book release of the year, the globally best-selling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is back, in this hilarious audio edition, read by Dan Russell. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

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Narrator	Dan Russell
Length	2hrs
Catalogue No.	617797
Publisher	Penguin Audio; 2020

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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE MELTDOWN

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