In the world of books for young readers just now, it's a "wimpy kid" versus adolescent vampires. Actually, there is a kind of separate peace for the two blockbuster series, since Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" books have a mass teen following, while Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books are enthralling, well, kids. Both writers have their avid adult readers, too.
Kinney's fourth title is just out, and the audience for his books seems to keep growing at ...
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