The next chapter is another time Greg got mad at him--after a rainstorm, Greg chases Rowley with a slug on a stick. Rowley thanks Greg for sticking up for him, saying now they're even, but Greg tells Rowley he has far more to repay him. In the next few days, Rowley and his class are going to take a maths test, but due to Greg distracting him, he has to study (in which he does not usually do, as he pays attention, and goes to bed early on school nights), and then Greg said he and Rowley can work together.

Greg gets mad, chasing Rowley to his house and tells him he’ll get him back for that when he least expects it. But it starts to get dark, with not much visibility, and Rowley trips over a rock and twists his ankle. Opposed to the idea of cheating, Rowley suggests that they study separately, and Greg slips a mean note between the dividers.

The following year, a follow-up to Rowley Jefferson's Journal, titled Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure, was published. Rowley justifies that the book would be only a page long, then suggests various ideas, like making the autobiography about the both of them, or making a spooky series about solving mysteries. Jeffrey says the rock was probably Silas Scratch's gravestone, and they were cursed because they disturbed him. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal offers readers a new way to look at the Wimpy world - one fans won't want to miss!

They decide to draw a comic showing said fight, where Intergalactic Man uses his powers, which get blocked by Amazing Guy's rainbows. A sequel, titled Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure was released on August 4, 2020, [6] delayed from an initial release date of April 7, 2020. Rowley's best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals.

In the next chapter, Rowley talks about when he and Greg had a two-day sleepover, as the former's parents had to go see Rowley's sick relative. On the subject of the book's illustrations, Kinney said that he liked how his art style is still recognizable even though Rowley "draws like a five year-old. Susan tells them that instead of spending time in front of a screen, they should draw some comics instead.

While yes, they don't always get along together, he brings up what Greg's mom Susan said about friends--that sometimes they get on each others' nerves.It's not just a companion to the original series; it stands on its own, offering a whole new dimension to the Wimpy Kid universe.