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

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

By Rachel Renée Russell

870 ratings 1382 reviews 1465 followers
Book 1 of 13 in the  Dork Diaries Series
Interest Level Reading Level Reading A-Z ATOS Word Count
Grades 4 - 8 Grades 4 - 7 n/a 5.4 29745

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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this is good book right

This great book so funny and like

this is really good nikki is youre average dork who transferred to a new school. while she wants a cell phone, nikki actually gets a diary. if you love crazy adventures and girl power, i reccomend the whole seriess

Dork Diaries a comic book by Rachel Renee Russel Nikki Maxwell is a girl in middle school who hates school, Mostly because a mean girl Makenzie won’t stop bragging to Nikki about how pretty she is. Then it was lunchtime Nikki was walking to her table when Makenzie tripped her! But a boy named Brandon came to the rescue and gave her a towel thatś was the boy she likes. After that, it was P.E time they were playing volleyball when a ball came crashing down on two gossip girls and of course, they lost the round and had to hit the showers. Nikki overheard the two gossip girls talking about how they hate hitting the showers two so the two gossip girls and Nikki talked and became friends. I recommend this book to people who like comics and funny books.

This book is dramatic, and so funny! I totally recommend to other readers.

Along with all the other books in it's series, it's pretty funny and is a great story. I highly recommend it for 6-12.

The illustrations are good, but the book isn't the best. It's really cringey, and it's almost all about crushes and phones and petty rivalries. It's SUPER cringy, and by 3rd grade I hated this book already. The whole series is just super outdated. It might of been good in 2009, but in 2022?

I like it is a tiny bit cringe but I recommend it.

OMG! I really like this book! Its funny, creative, and just the best!!!! I think that you should read this book!

This book was my childhood favorite, but now its a bit cringe. I would recommend for 12 or younger since it would be getting boring after then.

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