<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> Hard Luck </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Old School </Td> </Tr> <P> Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul is a children's novel written by Jeff Kinney and is the ninth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series . On April 28, 2014, Kinney announced the book's name and its cover color . The book was released on November 5, 2014 in the UK . </P> <P> After summer vacation starts, Greg's mother Susan announces that the family is going on a surprise road trip, despite her mistake on using a visit to Aunt Loretta to hide a surprise trip to Disney World in previous years, which, according to Greg, confuses Manny, leading to a visit at their aunt's instead and a postponed trip to Disney World . They decide to go to a simple road trip to see several tourist attractions . At a cheap motel on the first night of the road trip, Greg and Rodrick decide to go to the pool, but find that there is no water in it . There is a hot tub nearby, but it is occupied by another family, who aren't willing to leave the hot tub . They return to their room to find that the rest of the family has fallen asleep, taking up the bed . Rodrick proceeds to make a bed for himself out of sofa cushions, leaving Greg to sleep in the closet . He falls asleep for a few minutes before being woken up by kids who were playing with a cleaning cart . Greg yells at them for causing a commotion, making the smallest child cry and call for his father, who nearly catches Greg . Greg nicknames the family the "Beardos". </P>

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