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|illustrator  = Jeff Kinney
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|preceded by  = ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]''
|preceded by  = ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]''
|succeeded by = ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End]]''
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'''''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball''''' is the 14th book in the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series]]. It was released on November 5, 2019. ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball'' succeeds ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]''.
'''''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball''''' is the 14th book in the [[Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)|''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' series]]. It was released on November 5, 2019. ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball'' succeeds ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]'' and precedes ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End]]''.


''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball'' was indirectly announced in January 2019,<ref>[[:File:1.jpeg|This promo]] for ''Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal'' has Greg state that his next book is coming out "this fall."</ref> and was officially confirmed on Amazon on February 20, 2019. Its title and cover were revealed on May 14, 2019.
''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball'' was indirectly announced in January 2019,<ref>[[:File:1.jpeg|This promo]] for ''Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal'' has Greg state that his next book is coming out "this fall."</ref> and was officially confirmed on Amazon on February 20, 2019. Its title and cover were revealed on May 14, 2019.
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**[[Reba Heffley|Aunt Reba]] is revealed to have passed away prior to the events of ''Wrecking Ball''.
**[[Reba Heffley|Aunt Reba]] is revealed to have passed away prior to the events of ''Wrecking Ball''.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]'': [[Nasty Pants]] appears at Greg's going away party.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever]]'': [[Nasty Pants]] appears at Greg's going away party.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck]]'': [[Meemaw]]'s passing is mentioned.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down]]'': One of the pictures in Rowley's "Best Friends" collage is of him and Greg in the two-headed monster costume.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down]]'': One of the pictures in Rowley's "Best Friends" collage is of him and Greg in the two-headed monster costume.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]'': [[Baby Gibson]], [[Joseph O'Rourke]], [[Latricia Hooks]], one of the [[Marlee sisters]], [[Mitchell Pickett]], and [[Speed Bump]] appear at Greg's going away party.
*''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown]]'': [[Baby Gibson]], [[Joseph O'Rourke]], [[Latricia Hooks]], one of the [[Marlee sisters]], [[Mitchell Pickett]], and [[Speed Bump]] appear at Greg's going away party.
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**The layout of Greg's imaginary house is similar to one seen in this book.
**The layout of Greg's imaginary house is similar to one seen in this book.
**[[M.A.S.H.]] is one of the activities in this book.
**[[M.A.S.H.]] is one of the activities in this book.
==Cultural references==
*Greg recalls reading a book where a group of kids discover a hidden world in the back of their closet. This is a reference to the children's novel ''{{wp|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}'',


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Covers===
{{main-gallery|Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball}}
<gallery>
<gallery position="center" widths="280">
Wimpy Kid Book 14 Teaser.jpg|Pre-release cover
Wrecking Ball UK cover.jpg|UK cover
Wrecking Ball special game cover.jpg|"Exclusive wreck it game inside!" cover
</gallery>
===Promotional images===
<gallery>
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14 promo.png
DOAWKWreckingBallPoster.jpg
Wrecking Ball pre-order promo.jpg
Wrecking Ball banner on sale now.jpg
</gallery>
===Illustrations===
<gallery>
Greg the pharaoh.jpg
Buried with junk.jpg
Greg looking through his closet.jpg
Greg throwing a toy in the closet.jpg
Stickers binder.jpg
Family Frolic Yard Sale Edition.jpg
Yard sale signs.jpg
Pre-Written Birthday Cards Just Add Money.jpg
Fun Toys.jpg
Greg and Rowley on the phone.jpg
Theft Prevention Officer.jpg
Science Lab.jpg
Rowley with the vampire bat shield.jpg
Right place to save someone.jpg
Greg in Hot Dog Haven.jpg
Greg Heffley Weekend Holiday Sale.jpg
Fregley in Wrecking Ball.jpg
Celebrity Home Tours.jpg
Greg imagines drawing a booby traps for the parties.jpg
Preston Platypus Says Good-bye.jpg
Preston Platypus books.jpg
Greg upset about the dead tree.jpg
Dead tree falls.jpg
Preston Platypus dies.jpg
Allergic to chickpeas in tombstone.jpg
Greg can't die.jpg
Greg can't die.jpg
Screaming plant.jpg
The Grout in Greg's room.jpg
Greg the dung beetle.jpg
Greg slips on the hose.jpg
The Heffley Family are shocked to see Robert Law as the wrong funeral.jpg
Greg delivers lunch to the workers.jpg
AUNT REBA IS GONE.jpg
Greg facepalms as he sees Rowley.jpg
Greg presenting his house plans.jpg
Greg talking about a toilet couch.jpg
The Grout.jpg
Grout Gun.jpg
Manny sits on a toilet bowl as Frank tries to stop him in DIY store.jpg
Zombie invasion.jpg
Whoosh.jpg
Susan sees Rodrick sleeping in the hot tub.jpg
A diagram of Greg and Rodrick falling from ladder.jpg
Greg climbing the ladder with a bag.jpg
Greg on the roof taking off his socks.jpg
Satellite photo.jpg
Susan screams at Greg while showering in the bathroom.jpg
Frank is puzzled when he sees Greg in the bathroom while Susan showering.jpg
Frank cursing himself after taking apart the washing machine.jpg
Rodrick washes his clothes in the dish washer.jpg
Rodrick drives his van while air drying his clothes.jpg
Greg and Rowley see The Great Wall of China.jpg
Susan bringing drinks to the construction workers.jpg
Fire alarm going off.jpg
So buttery!.jpg
Buddy.jpg
Greg tosses a trash bag into a skip.jpg
The kids are too grabby with Stress Puppy.jpg
Stress Lizard.jpg
Wrecking Ball smashes wall as Rodrick and his bandmates are doing the band.jpg
Albert Sandy talks about a kid who got supercharged.jpg
Stress Lizard on the loose as kids freaked out during the test.jpg
M.A.S.H.jpg
Greg's M.A.S.H.jpg
Greg has a crush on Becky Anton.jpg
Greg's M.A.S.H. imagines his future wife Becky.jpg
Kelson Garrity and the girls.jpg
Kelson digs his nose in class.jpg
Your Dream Home.jpg
Manny's pool of chocolate pudding.jpg
Preston Platypus Says Farewell to a Friend.jpg
Greg reading Preston Platypus to Rowley.jpg
Preston Platypus and Pelican Pete.jpg
Preston Platypus Says Farewell to a Friend ending.jpg
Greg & Rowley Best Friends.jpg
Best Friends collage.jpg
Going away party.jpg
Manny's party in the house.jpg
Greg sees outside for the cleanup.jpg
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Revision as of 19:32, 27 March 2021

Template:Book infobox Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball is the 14th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It was released on November 5, 2019. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball succeeds Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown and precedes Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball was indirectly announced in January 2019,[1] and was officially confirmed on Amazon on February 20, 2019. Its title and cover were revealed on May 14, 2019.

Synopsis

"In Wrecking Ball, an unexpected inheritance gives Greg Heffley’s family a chance to make big changes to their house. But they soon find that home improvement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Once the walls come down, all sorts of problems start to crop up. Rotten wood, toxic mold, unwelcome critters, and something even more sinister all make Greg and his family wonder if the renovations are worth the trouble. When the dust finally settles, will the Heffleys be able to stay . . . or will they need to get out of town?"[2]

Development

At an event to promote Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown titled "The Meltdown Show," Kinney said that he "just came up with" the title of the next book, and that it starts with the letters W and R.[3]

Wrecking BallTemplate:'s construction theme came from Jeff Kinney himself doing repairs at home and the construction of his bookstore, An Unlikely Story.[4][5] Additionally, he noticed that he had not yet written a story about Greg moving: "Moving is such a common experience for kids that I realized that I’d really missed an opportunity."[4] He described the scene in with "a hot tub is lifted over the house with a crane" as being "based on the truth."[5]

Kinney struggled with thinking of how to begin the book. "I spent a lot time trying to figure out how to open this book. And I eventually settled on the yard sale, because I thought it was…well, the overall theme of the book is Greg letting go of his childhood home, and I thought it would be neat to have the book open with Greg letting go of his childhood possessions. And that opening actually follows the arc of the whole book. So the whole book is basically right there in the opening twenty pages."[5] He continued that "each Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, the better ones, starts off with a complete comedic vignette,"[5] and that he could not assume that the reader had read previous Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, "[s]o I have to try and grab the reader, and make sure that I keep them."[5]

To get ideas for the book, Jeff Kinney used a system called Systematic Inventive Thinking.[6] "In it, problem solving is based on templates. If you can use those templates to harness your creativity, then you can solve problems more quickly than you could another way."[6]

Kinney considers Wrecking Ball to be "[his] best-written book" and "like[s] it a lot,"[5] finding ideas such as The Grout to be original.[4]

Continuity

The picture that Rowley draws in wet cement is done in the same art style as Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal.

Cultural references

  • Greg recalls reading a book where a group of kids discover a hidden world in the back of their closet. This is a reference to the children's novel Template:Wp,

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Spanish Arrasa Con Todo Raze With Everything
German Voll Daneben! Completely Wrong!

References

Template:Wrecking Ball