by Jeff Kinney
neighborhood, so Mitchell Pickett’s been enjoying
the snowmobile he bought with all the money he
made this winter.
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So anybody who says that war doesn’t PAY should
think AGAIN.
Mitchell’s not the ONLY one who made out,
though. Trevor Nix has been playing hockey down
at the bottom of the hill with the Lower Surrey
Street kids every day after school. So I guess
that’s what you get for being a TRAITOR.
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But I’m not gonna complain. I’m just glad I
made it through the winter without getting myself
KILLED.
The thing I learned about myself is that I’m
just not the HERO type. Trust me, I’m glad
there are people like that out there, but the
world needs guys like ME, too.
Because if human beings are still around 500
million years from now, it’s gonna be thanks to
the Greg Heffleys of the world who figured out a
way to SURVIVE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to everyone at Abrams, especially Charlie Kochman, who
makes every book better. Big thanks to Michael Jacobs, Andrew
Smith, Chad W. Beckerman, Liz Fithian, Hallie Patterson, Steve
Tager, Melanie Chang, Mary O’Mara, Alison Gervais, and Elisa
Garcia. Thanks also to Susan Van Metre and Steve Roman.
Thanks to the great Wimpy Kid team: Shaelyn Germain, Anna
Cesary, and Vanessa Jedrej. Thanks to Deb Sundin and the staff at
An Unlikely Story.
Thanks to Rich Carr and Andrea Lucey for your support and
friendship. Thanks to Paul Sennott for all your help. Thanks to Sylvie
Rabineau and Keith Fleer for everything you do for me.
Thanks to Jess Brallier for your mentorship and for getting me
started as an author.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and a six-
time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book.
Jeff has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential
People in the World. He is also the creator of Poptropica, which was
named one of Time’s 50 Best Websites. He spent his childhood in
the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff
lives with his wife and two sons in Massachusetts, where they own
a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.