Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck (Book 8)

　　漫畫式趣味圖像，幽默好笑又精彩
　　簡單易懂的用字，道地口語對白
　　輕鬆學到實用的英文會話，自然而然提升英文實力
　　同時可增進美國文化的了解

　　The Wimpy Kid is back! In the most hotly-anticipated children’s book release of the year, the hilarious, globally-bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, sees BOOK 8 hit our shelves this November!

　　Greg Heffley’s on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg’s life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

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.