Its narrated by this middle-school aged kid in the form of a diary, with sketches and doodles included on every page, and basically follows his days from the begining of the school year to the end. He is a bit of a loser, and trys to create a better image for himself through attempts at being class treasurer, a cartoonist for the school paper, a saftey patrol member.... In this book at least Greg is not trying to be a role model by any means, actually he's a bad example. Just living as a mostly selfish middle school kid who doesn't learn from his experience nor offer any direct valuable lessons to his readers... It shows some aspects of the mentalities that kids in this age may have in a fun simple way that the little ones (and also me) can relate to easily, so it can grab them into reading. Apart from that, it's interesting to see middle school life in a different culture/country though it's just a fiction book that may not intend to represent reality. The book's design is friendly for a learner which made it easy to continue, and the sketches looked very nice.