Alex Aruda

Alex Aruda is the smartest kid in Greg Heffley's class and recurring character in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

Personality
Alex has a silent, studious and brainy personality. Greg would always copy off of him on tests, since he always finishes his test first and put it one side where Greg can copy it. Alex, however does not take up anything seriously; he is only focused on his math and spelling, and is completely oblivious to what occurs around him. Recess punishments doesn't affect Alex barely at all because he stays in from recess to read every day. Alex, just like Greg does not seem to have a lot of pals, and only considers non fiction books as his friends.

Appearance
Alex is illustrated wearing huge eye glasses and a black Afro. He is also illustrated with a black tie on his middle school outfit.

Greg Heffley
Greg and Alex overall have a rather distant relationship. He got Greg and the others stuck in their "recess" problem, mainly due to him having Mrs. Craig's dictionary. Most of the time, he would let Greg cheat off his tests, but this was only shown in Rodrick Rules. According to Greg, he is one of the smartest kids because the kids whose last names begin with earlier letters get called on more.