Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney is the fifth book in the series, focusing on the often uncomfortable and awkward phase of growing up. In this installment, Greg Heffley faces the realities of adolescence, including changing friendships, increased responsibilities and the challenges of coming of age. The story begins with Greg navigating middle school without his best friend, Rowley, after a fallout.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney is the fourth installment in the series, taking readers through Greg Heffley's eventful summer vacation. Unlike the previous books, which focused on Greg's school life, Dog Days shifts the setting to summer, capturing the essence of lazy days, family outings and the trials of growing up. Greg imagines a summer of relaxation, video games and indoor comfort, but his plans are upended by his mom's desire for him to spend more time outdoors and bond with the family.
Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts is the fifth book of the Stick Dog series. The starts with the dogs feeling hungry(again) and looking for food in Karen’s favorite garbage can. Suddenly, they hear a weird noise, so they go to investigate it. They found that it was near an apple orchard that they hated because they were always hungry for apples, but couldn’t reach up to take any from the trees. The noise turned out to be from a repairman fixing an electric line on a crane.
Summary: Rowley and Greg have a fallout. Greg has 2 options: Christopher Brownfield and Tyson Sanders. Greg chooses Christopher. Greg tries auditioning for the Peachy Breeze ice cream, but he is discriminated against for his age. He also goes to a different dentist, a professional, not for kids. He has to wear headgear, but it gets lost. Then his mom takes classes and the family takes care of themselves, resulting in Frank's ankle being twisted. Greg now has increased responsibilities, like waking himself up.
Dogman Unleased is a graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, the second book of the Dogman series. In this book, it is Chief’s birthday so the cops have a birthday party and gift him “memory dots” and a pet fish. At his house, Chief accidentally causes the drops to fall on the fish, making it super intelligent and allowing it to do things like telekinesis. Later, there is a robbery at the pet store, and everyone thinks that it is Petey.
Dog Man by Dav Piley is a graphic novel featuring George and Harold(main characters in the well-known Captain Underpants) and a comic they wrote when they were “younger”. This book starts out with a policeman who wasn’t intelligent but was strong, and his dog who wasn’t strong but was very intelligent. An explosion occured, and conveniently the police’s body survived and the dog’s head survived. They got sewn together, and Dog Man was created.
Stick Dog Chases a Pizza is the third book of the Stick Dog book series, by Tom Watson. This book starts out with the dogs watching Karen spin around in a circle trying to catch her tail, which she loves doing, causing Stripes, Poo-Poo, and Mutt to tease her. Stick Dog changes the topic and Karen decides that she wants to play frisbee. Karen finds a box with a cardboard circle in it which they plan to use as a frisbee, but before they start playing Stick Dog realizes that it has flavors so all the dogs lick it clean.
Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream, by Tom Watson, is the fourth book of the Stick Dog series. The book starts with the dogs lazing around on a burning hot summer day, trying to figure out ways to cool down. They find some human kids playing around in a sprinkler, and once they move away, they play themselves. But this method of cooling is only temporary and not very satisfying. Suddenly, they hear some horrible music, and see a weird-shaped truck with a man inside giving humans cylinders with spheres on it.
Its summertime and Greg Heffley is looking forward to playing video games and spending time with his friends. However, Greg's dad has other plans: He's decided that some father-son bonding time is in order. Desperate to prevent his dad from ruining summer vacation, Greg pretends he has a job at a ritzy country club. But Greg's plan backfires, leaving him in the middle of embarrassing mishaps and a camping trip gone wrong.
Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog is the second book of the Stick Dog book series. In this, the five dogs start off relaxing on a hot summer day near a river. Then, they hear a tingling bell, the origin of which each dog guesses. One dog suspect that it is a flying cuckoo clock controlled by a cuckoo bird. They investigate, and it turns out to be a frankfurter (hot dog) truck. They are extremely hungry as dogs always are, and devise plans to steal some hot dogs.
