Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-fabulous Life - Softcover

Rachel Renee Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847387411 ISBN 13: 9781847387417

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2010

Synopsis

Nikki maxwell is not popular, in fact nikki maxwell is the opposite of popular; she's a total dork! but nikki's hoping that by moving to a new school she might just stand a chance of making some friends and leaving her old lame-ways in the past. But life is never that simple! follow nikki's life through sketches, doodles and diary entries as she starts her new school, battles with her mum for an iphone and meets her arch-nemisis, the school's queen bee, mackenzie. Enter nikki's world through her sketches, doodles and diary entries.

About this title

About the Author:

Rachel Renee Russell is a lawyer who prefers writing children's books to legal briefs (mainly because books are a lot more fun and pyjamas and bunny slippers aren't allowed in court). She has raised two daughters and lived to tell about it. Rachel lives in northern Virginia with a spoiled pet Yorkie who terrorises her daily by climing on top of her computer and pelting her with stuffed animals while she writes. And, yes, Rachel considers herself a total Dork.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8–Fourteen-year-old Nikki J. Maxwell has been awarded a scholarship to a prestigious private middle school as a part of her father's bug extermination contract. Her angst as she deals with the resident mean girl, her embarrassing parents, her crush on the hot boy, and making new friends are all recorded alongside numerous sketches of her life. Although occasionally amusing, Nikki is not a very likable character. She is shallow and self-centered and fails to show any growth in the book, even as she one-ups popular and cruel MacKenzie in the end. In fact, Nikki, who steals her neighbor's hearing aid and plays pranks on her little sister, is somewhat of a mean girl herself. All the other characters are underdeveloped, including Nikki's family and her new BFFs, Chloe and Zoey. Black-and-white drawings, which are often witty, appear throughout the text, which is printed on lined pages as though from a diary. Fans of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Abrams) may enjoy this book, but it's an additional purchase.–Terry Ann Lawler, Phoenix Public Library, AZ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847387411
• ISBN 13: 9781847387417
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282