THE MELTDOWN SERIES
As Democrats debate their reconciliation bill, the series looks at how the last time Democrats held power they backed off challenging Wall Street - and how that fueled a backlash that Republicans were able to maximize, first in the midterm elections and then with the 2016 election. It also includes never-before-aired audio of me asking Barack Obama some tough questions. It represents more than 16 months of original reporting and includes exclusive interviews with whistleblowers and former top government officials - including a former top aide to Joe Biden. Later, Greg reflects that one of his skills is to survive and persist through any scenario.This series goes hand-in-hand with the follow-the-money reporting that we do every day here at The Daily Poster. The entire snowball fight concludes when the plow finally goes through the street. Then, all of the kids unite to face a snowball attack from the mysterious, older Mingos, who live in the forest. The kids from Surrey Street unite to face a snowball attack from the kids from Whirley Street. The kids from Upper Surrey Street are ambushed when the kids from Lower Surrey street use a former resident, Trevor Nix, as a decoy. On Sunday, the snow plow has not gone on Greg’s street, and many kids have established their own forts with their own flags.Īfter a short time, the entire neighborhood becomes engulfed in a gigantic snowball fight between Upper Surrey Street (Greg and Rowley’s neighborhood) and Lower Surrey Street. Greg’s dad encourages them to bravely fight back. They attempt to construct an igloo, but other kids on Surrey Street trample it. On Saturday, Greg and Rowley are forced to play outside. On Friday, school is canceled, but Greg must do chores and look after his younger brother Manny instead of watching TV. Finally, they find their way out of the forest. When they get lost in the forest, they fear that the mythical Goat Man will capture them.
Greg and Rowley are on the wrong bus so, they are forced to walk home.
THE MELTDOWN DRIVER
Another student on the bus throws a snowball, after which the bus driver refuses to continue driving. School is let out early on Thursday because of snow, and Greg and Rowley attempt to get on the Whirley Street school bus to avoid walking home. When Greg accidentally melts the bottom of his boots to the fireplace in his house, he attempts to improvise a pair of snowshoes out of sneakers and pizza boxes, which works poorly. In February, the amount of snow and cold weather intensifies. The laundry machine in Greg’s house is broken. After spending the afternoon watching TV, Greg and Rowley are startled when Greg’s mother comes into the house to use the laundry machine. They decide to use the spare key to let themselves into Greg’s grandmother’s house, since she is on vacation.
Greg and his best friend Rowley try to think of different ways to find warmth on their long walk home to Upper Surrey Street. The shabbiness of his project is briefly hidden when many of the presenters, showing their projects to visiting elementary schoolers, get into a large fight. Greg quickly improvises a project out of found materials around school. When Greg arrives at school he suddenly remembers that he had forgotten to work on his large project about the country of Malta. It is unseasonably hot for January, which triggers Greg’s concerns about impending global warming. Greg’s diary begins on a Monday in January. Also, Greg’s paragraphs about his life are interspersed with sparse drawings, which depict both Greg’s real-life scenarios and his fantasies and daydreams. On the diary's pages, Greg’s entries are formatted in a typeface that mimics handwriting. Hardcover.ĭiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown, by Jeff Kinney, is a hybrid novel/graphic novel that is written as the first-person diary entries of the narrator, an unassuming junior high boy named Greg Heffley.
The following edition of this book was used to write this study guide: Kinney, Jeff.
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