Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a sequel to the colossal hit 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The story rotates around an 8th grader Gregory Heffley who is facing some problems which usually is not faced by a mid-school child. The new academic year has just started at school. Greg, in his journal, initiates by focusing on how disastrous his summer vacations went. Greg is a kid, who is considered as a recluse by his peers due to the cheese touch. Although, he tries to forget the past things as a new and fresh academic year is about to start, things do not go down well with him as his own brother Rodrick Heffley knows one of Greg's dirty secret.