Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (Book 5)

　　葛瑞急著「轉大人」，但長大後的生活卻變了調⋯⋯眼看班上同學都紛紛「轉大人」了，葛瑞卻一點動靜也沒有。連好友榮利都冒出了第一顆青春痘，正式宣告進入青春期，葛瑞不敢相信自己竟然輸給這個還抱著絨毛娃娃睡覺的好朋友。不過葛瑞也漸漸發現長大好像不是那麼好⋯⋯

　　參加「水蜜桃微風冰淇淋」兒童代言人的徵選，卻被主辦單位嫌「太老了」， 也不能再去「溫柔抱抱兒童牙科診所」，就連學校也開始緊張兮兮地處理男女關係，好不容易辦了一場派對，卻被大人們搞得跟監禁一樣，更離譜的是上健康教育課竟然還要家長簽名同意。不過最讓葛瑞煩惱的是，大人開始要他多點責任感，並開始思考未來。這些有的沒的鳥事，讓葛瑞驚覺長大的代價實在太高了⋯⋯

　　Dive into Jeff Kinney’s fifth instalment of his rib-tickling and bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series!

　　I’m in the market for a new best friend. The problem is, I invested all my time in Rowley, and I don’t have anyone lined up to take his place.

　　Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it’s cracked up to be?

　　Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older.

　　And after a fight with his best friend Rowley, it looks like Greg is going to have to face the "ugly truth" all by himself . . .

　　Filled with brilliantly funny cartoons, 7+ readers (including reluctant readers) will devour Jeff Kinney’s award-winning books.

作者簡介

傑夫．肯尼（Jeff Kinney）

　　《紐約時報》暢銷作家，曾獲《時代雜誌》評選為世界百大最具影響力的人，更是富比士票選全球收入最高的作家。傑夫．肯尼生於1971年，畢業於美國馬里蘭州立大學，取得computer science/criminal justice雙學位。大學時期，即在校園報紙《Diamondback》以漫畫專欄「Igdoof」初試啼聲，旋即獲得《華盛頓郵報》和《巴爾的摩太陽報》的介紹。

　　Wimpy Kid是他第一部正式出版的作品，甫上市即躍居全美暢銷書排行榜，更獲得《出版人週刊》、Borders’ Original Voice、美國獨立書商協會等殊榮。

　　儘管因Wimpy Kid一夕成名，Jeff仍維持原來的生活型態，身兼網路出版公司的設計總監、電腦工程師及全職爸爸數職，與太太Julie和兩個兒子Will和Grant住在麻州南部。

　　Jeff Kinney is the author of the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Diary of a Wimpy Kid was his debut novel and the comic adventures of his protagonist, Greg Heffley, began online in 2004 on funbrain.com where 70,000 children read about him every day. To date the series has sold over 11 million copies in the US alone. Jeff is an online developer and designer. He lives with his family in southern Massachusetts, USA.