Diary of a Wimpy Kid

11-year-old Greg Heffley is apprehensive about beginning middle school. A week before starting school, his older brother Rodrick plays a prank on him at 4:00 in the morning, making him think that he’s late for school and their family wake up and scold Greg for making all the noise and Rodrick gets off scot-free. On the actual first day, he quickly discovers the ups and downs, such as the missing stall doors in the boys' bathroom and the difficulties of obtaining a seat during lunch. During P.E. class, Greg and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, escape from a game of Gladiator and learn from their friend, Chirag Gupta, about a moldy piece of cheese on the basketball court that makes anyone who touches it an outcast and that the only way to get rid of what is known as “the Cheese Touch” is to pass it on to someone else. They also meet Angie Steadman, a seventh-grader who isolates herself from the other students to "survive". Greg states his intention of becoming the most popular student in school.