Summary

Chapter nine begins with Greg being the only member of the book club. Rowley went golfing with his dad and Greg didn’t do the reading assignment. After his mom catches him playing instead of reading, she bans him from television. He continues to think about the muddy hand. Now he’s frightened that the hand will crawl up in the bed with him, so he covers his entire body with the blanket.

In chapter ten, Greg still hasn’t finished his reading. He’s forced to stay at the table until he’s finished, but is interrupted by Rowley and Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson is angry that Greg and Rowley charged $83 worth of smoothies to his account. The parents decide that the boys need to pay off the tab.

Chapter eleven finds Greg and Rowley trying to figure out how to make...