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WHERE IS YOUR DREAM FAMILY GETAWAY?

Enter for a chance to win $10,000 to book your own family vacation getaway in the THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID FAMILY GETAWAY SWEEPSTAKES

THE GETAWAY WORLD TOUR

Jeff Kinney is going on his biggest book tour ever to over 20 cities around the world!

THE GETAWAY (DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK 12)

The cover has been revealed! To escape the stress of the holidays, the Heffleys decide to get out of town and go to a resort instead of celebrating Christmas at home. But what’s billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday nightmare.

NEW ‘WIMPY KID’ BOOK POISED FOR TAKEOFF ON NOV. 7

Mark your calendars, Wimpy Kid fans: Book 12 of Jeff Kinney’s wildly popular cartoon series for kids goes on sale Nov. 7. Find out more on USATODAY.com!

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOUBLE DOWN

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is on sale now!

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DIARY OF WIMPY KID SERIES

There are eleven books in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and four additional books: The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Special Cheesiest Edition.

The series started off online on Funbrain.com in 2004 and made its print debut in April of 2007. There are now more than 185 million copies of Diary of a Wimpy Kid books available in 53 languages.

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About the Author About the Author

JEFF KINNEY

Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney didn’t grow up wanting to be a children’s author. His dream was to become a newspaper cartoonist, but he wasn’t able to get his comic strips syndicated.

In 1998 Jeff came up with the idea for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a story about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley. Jeff worked on his book for almost eight years before showing it to a publisher in New York.

The Getaway World Tour

RUSSIA
October 14-16: Moscow

ASIA
October 17-20: Singapore
October 21-23: Taipei, Taiwan

NORTH AMERICA
November 7: Barnes & Noble Tribeca, 5PM, New York, NY
November 8: Kaiserman JCC hosted by Children’s Book World, 5PM, Philadelphia, PA
November 9: Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus hosted by Books & Books, 6PM, Miami, FL
November 10: Still Middle School hosted by Anderson’s, 4PM, Chicago, IL
November 13: Oak Hill School hosted by Parnassus, 4:30PM, Nashville, TN
November 14: Wilchester Elementary School hosted by Blue Willow, 4:30PM, Houston, TX
November 15: Barnes & Noble The Grove, 5PM, Los Angeles, CA
November 16-17: Mexico City, Mexico
November 18: Copperfield’s, 2PM, San Francisco, CA
November 19: University Books, 1PM, Seattle, WA
November 20: Babar Books, 5PM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

IRELAND
December 1-2: Dublin

UNITED KINGDOM
December 3: Bath
December 4: London

CZECH REPUBLIC
December 5: Prague

POLAND
December 6-7: Warsaw

HUNGARY
December 8-9: Budapest