《捣蛋鬼日记》是一部日记体小说，主人公是一位九岁的小男孩，人们称他为捣蛋鬼加尼诺。加尼诺受到姐姐的启发学写日记，决心把自己的想法和经历的事情都记到上面去。日记记载了他在半年时间里怎样把家里搅得天翻地覆，甚至毁掉了他姐夫的政治声誉和前途，终于成为"不可教诲"的祸星的经过。这本书也是作者童年生活的真实写照，活现了儿童的天性。在充满幽默的字里行间，加尼诺给孩子们带来欢乐，也勾起了成人对孩提时代的无尽回忆。(The Diary of Troublemaker is a diary type novel. The hero, a nine-year-old boy, called troublemaker Ganino. Ganino was inspired by his sister to learn to write diary, determined to write down his thoughts and experiences. The diary recorded how he makes the family in six months time upside down, even destroyed his political reputation of brother-in-law, finally turned out to be the "not to be taught" star boy. This book is also about the reality of the author's own childhood, vivid in children's nature. Between the lines, there is full of happiness; Ganino brings joy to children, also reminds the adult of memories of childhood.)