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Exclusive: New 'Wimpy' book set for Nov.

Kelly Lawler, Mary Cadden, and Maria Puente
USAToday
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' teaser image.

Wimpy goes for 10: Are you ready for more Wimpy? The tenth installment in Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will hit bookshelves Nov. 3 from publisher Amulet. USA TODAY has an exclusive look at the teaser art for new book, which does not yet have a title.

"The tenth Wimpy Kid book gives me a chance to reset the series," Kinney said in a statement. "I've thought a lot about what's made these books work and how it all got started. So for me, personally, it's back to basics. I'm carrying that theme through the book."

The book will follow wimpy kid Greg as he goes on a week-long field trip to a farm. Kinney said there's a generation gap between the kids and their chaperones. "I'm having a lot of fun mining that gap for comedy," he added.

Seven of the nine existing Wimpy Kid books have reached No. 1 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.

Check what's new on USA TODAY's list this week.

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