Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

By Rachel Renée Russell

874 ratings 1384 reviews 1474 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 4 - 7n/a5.429745

Meet Nikki Maxwell! She’s starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art in this SUPER SQUEE updated edition of Book One of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Nikki confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone, meeting her new soon-to-be BFFs Chloe and Zoey, falling for adorably sweet crush Brandon, dealing with her zany little sister Brianna’s antics—and the immediate clashes with mean girl Mackenzie, who becomes Nikki’s rival in a schoolwide art competition.

Nearly 30 million books in print worldwide!

Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN-13: 9781416980063
ISBN-10: 1416980067
Published on 6/2/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304

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I did not particularly enjoy it. It was almost a rip-off of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, only for girls. It was kind of bland. So many Clichés! Not my first pick.

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I love it

i read this book and it is awesome

awsome book!!!! awsome book!!!!

cool book i don't care whatever

I'm probably too old for these books but I always love to pick one up for a quick read :) This book is very funny and dorky, and if you want something quick to read on a car trip or at the beach this summer, I'd recommend this book!

I didn't really like this book because it wasn't my type of genre even though I like the Diary of the Wimpy Kid Series. I found some parts of it very...cringy but the other parts were nice to read. This is more of a girlish book so I wouldn't recommend it to you if you are a boy.

This book is about a girl who is starting middle school. Her name is Nikki and she writes in a diary. Her dad is a bug exterminator and she does not want anyone to know because she is so embarrassed. Nikki also found out her locker is next to a really popular girl, who hates her. Nikki wants to be like every other teenager and have a phone, but the cheapest one she could find was a big one. She has an annoying little sister that she tells the tooth fairy steals teeth. Nikki has many emotions just like many teenagers.

I love this book! Read the rest of the series... it AWESOME!!! It is about a girl named Nikki, and she is entering a new school. She has to face a LOT of drama and new friends named Chloe and Zoe.

We've all enjoyed Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but Dork Diaries is also amazing! This series is about a girl, Nikki Maxwell, barely "surviving" middle school as she writes her diary entries. The main character Nikki is joined by lots of fun characters, including her bestfriends Zoe and Chloe, and her crush Brandon. This first book of many is an amazing introduction to Nikki's world, with amazing drawings and doodles. Would recommend anyone who wants a laugh this book!

This is kind of like the series, "Diary of a wimpy kid," but it is about a girl. There are mean girls, nice girls, like any other book. But this is actually AMAZING!

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