![]() ![]() In The Meltdown 's first week, over 234,000 copies were sold. USA Today reported The Meltdown as the 6th bestselling book of 2018, and the 65th bestselling of 2019. Wheadon of Common Sense Media enjoyed the snowball fight climax, but found the rest of the book "less cohesive and engaging." Sales National Geographic Kids praised The Meltdown for its comedy and fast pacing. The meltdown series#The success of The Meltdown Show led Kinney to host another book tour for the following series installment, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball. Abrams Books, an imprint of Amulet and the publishers of The Meltdown, helped advertise this promotion through sponsored social media posts, while Kinney handed out autographs from a bus themed after the book. In total, 7,000 tickets were sold for the show. To keep the performances varied, the tour focused on a wheel that Kinney would spin, which is able to land on one of 10 activities. Kinney ran a book tour entitled Wimpy Kid Live: The Meltdown Show, visiting the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Finland, and Canada. Multiple advertising campaigns were run for The Meltdown. I’m not making specific commentary, but the elements are all there." Release Kinney acknowledged the presence of political elements to the story: "It was definitely hard not to think about. Greg is glad that he survived the snowball fight.Īccording to Kinney, The Meltdown is a "war book." While writing the conflict of a snowstorm, he attempted to keep it authentic to what children could experience in real life. Days later, the weather begins to clear up. Tired of the violence, Greg and Rowley attempt to hide in the remains of the snow fort, but when a delayed snowplow arrives and drives through the remains of the fight, everyone agrees to stop fighting. The Whirley Street kids get involved, but they as well as the Surrey Street and Safety Patrol kids band together against the attacking Mingo Kids. A Lower Surrey Street spy lures many Upper Surrey Street defenders away from the fort, allowing the Lower Surrey Street kids to destroy it, but the long-resentful school Safety Patrol begin to attack the various Surrey Street kids. They agree to team up after being ambushed by the Lower Surrey Street residents, and build a single gigantic fort, enjoying early success but slowly being demoralized as the Lower Surrey Street kids begin besieging the wall. The next morning, Greg meets with Rowley and builds a snow fort, indirectly starting a snowball fight among the Upper Surrey Street kids. However, Greg and Rowley are saved when they come across Greg's father. The two are kicked off the bus and dropped off near the woods, where they accidentally wander into the camp of the Mingo Kids, a savage group who live in the woods. Greg and his friend Rowley take the bus of the rival Whirley Street, and are mistakenly blamed for having thrown a snowball at the bus driver. The students begin rioting at the school when they fear that they will be snowed in overnight, and are dismissed early. While walking to school, Greg is stopped by the Safety Patrol, an authoritative organization of only female students. Greg is frustrated at school when his classmates are unsanitary, and struggles with the cold weather. The day after, his family unsuccessfully searches for their pet pig, which they acquired during the events of The Long Haul, who had escaped from obedience school. Greg is unable to play outside due to a rivalry between groups on his street: those who live on the straight Lower Surrey Street or the slanted Upper Surrey Street. When he forgets about a social studies assignment, his mother punishes him by not allowing him to watch television or play video games. ![]() On a hot day in January, Greg worries about climate change and how it will impact his life in the future. ![]()
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