Do you enjoy your summers? Well one thing for sure is that Greg Heffley doesn’t. Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days” starts with summer vacation.

In this book, Greg is the main character again, and summer vacation is on. He expects to stay home and play video games, but his mom thinks the opposite.

One day Greg’s summer vacation turns into a total blast, when Greg calls Rowly to hang out, Rowly excitedly tells him that he’s going to his family’s country club. Right away, Greg rudely invites himself, but Rowly just goes along.

The country club from then on was Greg’s everyday place to go in summer, as he got this brilliant idea of taking advantage of Rowley, just to go to the club. Greg starts ordering food and milkshakes and smoothies, they play golf, tennis and go golf karting. But as one day Greg’s dad gets suspicious about him going outside and to the country club each day, so Greg makes up a lie and tells him that he got a job there.Greg’s dad was very proud of him, until when Rowley’s Dad, informs Mr. Heffley of what was happening. …show more content…
Greg was forced to pay for the smoothies, so he decided to start a business, which was to start mowing lawns, around the block and neighborhood. The job was a failure, because Greg and Rowley have never mowed a lawn before. All of these twists really pushed Greg’s buttons and he decided to stay home for the rest of the summer again, but his mother of course was totally against it. Greg’s dad finally agrees to pay for Greg’s costs at the country club, so Rowley and his parents invite him to their beach house and give him one more