XXX: www.streetnewsservice.orgThe wimp who conquered the worldJust an ordinary 12-year-old boy – not even a very admirable one – Greg Heffley has somehow become the $500m kid. The simple line-drawn star of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has made his author, Jeff Kinney, £11m and is the keystone of a global emp...
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