Dork Diaries

 

    







Author-Rachel Renee Russell 

Published-June 2nd 2009



Publisher-Aladdin
Pages-282
Rating-Five Stars

Dork Diaries follows eighth grader Nikki Maxwell as she chronicles through text and sketches her move to a snooty new school; her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone; her enthusiasm for drawing and art; and a love/hate fascination with the new school’s queen bee, a girl named Mackenzie, who becomes Nikki’s rival in a schoolwide art competition. Nikki writes about friendships, crushes, popularity, and family with a unique and fresh voice that still conveys a universal authenticity. Nikki’s sketches throughout her diary add humor and spunk to the book, a surefire hit with tween girl readers.

  And omg what a hit it was, even if I'm no longer a tween. This little diary was fresh, honest and straight out of the park funny. Nikki Maxwell is an amazing girl and nothing short of imaginative. It makes me wish she was real enough to be my best friend. She's funny, talented and just plain amazing. I devoured this book like five times alreay! I swear. Good stuff, man good stuff. Soo far I've only read this one and I have some serious intentions of getting the rest cause I was immeadiately sucked into the first page. Which is important.

   The drawings are cute, I really like the fact that she even draws what she imagines, which makes this book alot more fun to read. If I were going  to school with Nikki I think we would've gotten into a huge fight over Brandon, well, me her and Mackenzie. But somehow I'd still be Nikki's friend. The characters are a little cliched but I think tha's what makes any middle grade read relatable, because its the truth pretty much, just stretched by a little, is all. Looking forward to reading more dorkiness.