They agree to team up after being ambushed by the Lower Surrey Street residents, and build a single gigantic fort, enjoying early success but slowly being demoralized as the Lower Surrey Street kids begin besieging the wall.

The next morning, Greg meets with Rowley and builds a snow fort, indirectly starting a snowball fight among the Upper Surrey Street kids. However, Greg and Rowley are saved when they come across Greg's father. The two are kicked off the bus and dropped off near the woods, where they accidentally wander into the camp of the Mingo Kids, a savage group who live in the woods. Greg and his friend Rowley take the bus of the rival Whirley Street, and are mistakenly blamed for having thrown a snowball at the bus driver. The students begin rioting at the school when they fear that they will be snowed in overnight, and are dismissed early. While walking to school, Greg is stopped by the Safety Patrol, an authoritative organization of only female students. Greg is frustrated at school when his classmates are unsanitary, and struggles with the cold weather. The day after, his family unsuccessfully searches for their pet pig, which they acquired during the events of The Long Haul, who had escaped from obedience school. Greg is unable to play outside due to a rivalry between groups on his street: those who live on the straight Lower Surrey Street or the slanted Upper Surrey Street. When he forgets about a social studies assignment, his mother punishes him by not allowing him to watch television or play video games. On a hot day in January, Greg worries about climate change and how it will impact his life in the future.

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