The pressure’s really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his “creative side.” As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween is just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When he discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can Greg get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous in the process? Or will doubling down on this plan just double Greg’s troubles? EVERYBODY LOVES THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES! www.wimpykid.com @wimpykid U.S. $13.95 Can. $16.95 www.amuletbooks.com ISBN 978-1-4197-2344-5 @abramskids Printed in U.S.A. OTHER BOOKS BY JEFF KINNEY Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary COMING SOON: MORE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DIARY by Jeff Kinney AMULET BOOKS New York PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978-1-4197-2344-5 Wimpy Kid text and illustrations copyright © 2016 Wimpy Kid, Inc. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID®, WIMPY KID™, and the Greg Heffley design™ are trademarks of Wimpy Kid, Inc. All rights reserved. Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards logo copyright © 2016 Viacom Media Networks Book design by Jeff Kinney Cover design by Chad W. Beckerman and Jeff Kinney Published in 2016 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Amulet Books and Amulet Paperbacks are registered trademarks of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Printed and bound in U.S.A. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Amulet Books are available at special discounts when purchased in quantity for premiums and promotions as well as fundraising or educational use. Special editions can also be created to specification. For details, contact [email protected] or the address below. to DORIAN OCTOBER Wednesday My parents are always saying the world doesn’t revolve around me, but sometimes I wonder if it DOES actually . When I was a little kid, I saw this movie about a man whose whole life is secretly being filmed TV for a show. This guy is famous all over the KNOW world, and he doesn’t it. Well, ever since I saw that movie, I’ve kind of ME figured the same thing is probably happening to . At first I was annoyed my life was being broadcast without my permission. But then I realized that if millions of people are tuning in every day to see what I’m up to, that’s actually COOL kind of . BORING Sometimes I worry that my life is too to be its own television show, so I try to do something entertaining every now and then to give the people watching at home a good chuckle. 2 The other thing I do is send my audience little signals to let them know I’m in on the secret. TV If my life’s a show, then there’s gotta be commercial breaks. I figure they must run the ads when I’m in the bathroom, so I always make a big entrance after I finish up in there. 3