<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 road trip . At a cheap motel that night, 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 a family and they can't convince the family to let them use it . 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> <P> The next day, the Heffleys go to a country fair, where Greg finds that the Beardos are there as well . Rodrick wins a "foulest shoe competition", but doesn't get his shoe back . Manny wins a competition for guessing a hog's weight, but the prize is a piglet, which the Heffleys are forced to take with them . The family plans to spend the night at a hotel suite, but it has a strict no pet policy, so Susan smuggles the baby pig in a cooler until the Heffleys reach their room . The pig ends up raiding the minibar, forcing the family to pay not only for the food and drinks consumed by the pig, but also an extra $50 for violating the hotel's no animal policy . </P> <P> On their third day, Greg's dad Frank gets an emergency call from work . In the meantime, the family go to various places . While driving, Dad gets a call from one of his international clients, asking the family to stay quiet . But chaos ensues, Greg is bitten by the pig, and it attempts to escape, consequently ruining Frank's call . Infuriated, Frank ends up taking the pig to a petting zoo, which makes Manny very upset . He tries to run away twice and is forced to be on a leash . It rains, and Susan rethinks their road trip plans over . She convinces the rest of the family to use a method of deciding which way to go for picking things, similar to how Choose Your Own Adventure works . The method works, but the car ends up in the middle of a funeral procession; Frank tries to make a few quick turns but it turns out the part of the procession behind him is following the car; believing the Heffleys' car to be part of it . Susan convinces Frank to take them to the nearest cemetery instead; Frank enters "cemetery" into the satellite navigation and finds one a block away; but upon arriving there they find out that they are in a pet cemetery . The procession are enraged by the Heffleys' and the family quickly escapes . </P>

Summary of the book diary of a wimpy kid long haul