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Hard Luck (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #8) Hardcover – November 5, 2013

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In Hard Luck, book 8 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley's on a losing streak.

His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance.

Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
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    8 - 11 years, from customers
  2. Part of Series
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  3. Print length
    224 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    1020L
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.95 x 8 inches
  8. Publisher
    Amulet Books
  9. Publication date
    November 5, 2013
  10. ISBN-10
    1419741942
  11. ISBN-13
    978-1419741944
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  1. And if I didn’t have Rowley watching out for me, I definitely would’ve stepped on one of Rebel’s land mines by now.
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Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amulet Books (November 5, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1419741942
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1419741944
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 11 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1020L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.95 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' and 'Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid' series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for 'Favorite Book' and has been named one of Time’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 later moved to New England where he and his wife own a bookstore, 'An Unlikely Story'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book for 8 to 11 year old readers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
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Our pre teen son still loves to read and re-read this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite series
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My 10 year old can not get enough of this series. I plan to get him more of the books while I can.
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My 6 year old son began reading "Wimpy Kid" books just as he was learning to read. Many times I would allow him to read before bed and would hear him laughing hysterically in his room. Now, 7 years old, he has read all of them and often will pick them up and read them again. They are silly, but the appeal to his age demographic was actually amazing to me. I didn't have to make him read... he wanted to read. And he loved them all. I would recommend the entire series to any parent of a child who is learning and becoming comfortable with reading comprehension.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
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My grandkids requested this edition to complete all editions so far of the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 4th grade reader approved!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Muy satisfecho
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Mi hijo es fanático de la serie de libros y le encanta la calidad del empaste, pues son resistentes, y sus ilustraciones. Es bastante entretenido.
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Ramiro A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente y llego antes!
Reviewed in Mexico on April 30, 2023
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Mi hija esta fascinada con estos libros, me lo pidió para el día del niño y se supone que llegaría el día de ayer 29, pero llego desde el 28!! Excelente!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Daughter loves these books
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I have a hard time getting our 10 yr old daughter to sit and read anything except this series. She loves these books and will sit and read for an hour straight at least when she gets a new book from this series.
We just went on vacation and I had to buy 2 one for the way to our destination and one on the way back.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo libro per i bimbi
Reviewed in Italy on November 15, 2022
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Ottimo libro, ho fatto la felicità di mia figlia. Troverete altre recensioni simili a questa perché ho acquistato più libri della stessa tipologia.
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The book was in a good shape and the book is funny to
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