Old School
2007
- spanish language materials
- diaries
- juvenile fiction
- fiction
- family life
- electronics
- spanish language
- reading materials
- electronicas
- novela
The story
Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That’s the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn’t cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going “old school” just too hard for a kid like Greg?
What it’s like
Doodled diary pages and sparse, lopsided cartoons break up short, chatty entries, so the book reads like a kid's notebook left open on the kitchen table. The voice is deadpan and self-pitying, with a lot of white space, big hand-lettered headings and a generous, forgiving rhythm that moves fast and never asks much of a reader. The mood is light, wry and mildly exasperated, the cosy comedy of ordinary family friction in a small suburban house where the only real drama is a boy's own sulking. Nothing here is frightening or cruel: the conflict is squabbling siblings, sticky domestic awkwardness and the small humiliations of growing up, with no violence, sex or menace. It suits a lazy afternoon, a long wait at the dentist, a quick read before bed, or a gentle pick-me-up for a child or a grown reader who wants something easy to laugh at. It's for readers who enjoy short, funny, illustrated entries and a protagonist whose complaints are more endearing than serious.
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