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    Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
    Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
    Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
    Audiobook3 hours

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

    Written by Rachel Renée Russell

    Narrated by Lana Quintal

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Nikki Maxwell is starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary is packed with hilarious stories and art in this SUPER SQUEE first book in 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 school-wide art competition.

    Nearly 30 million books in print worldwide!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 28, 2010
    ISBN9781442338975
    Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
    Author

    Rachel Renée Russell

    Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures of middle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. With humor and wit, Rachel’s books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries series has been translated into forty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books. With more than fifty-five million books in print, the series has garnered such honors as two Kids’ Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children’s Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Book of the Year nomination. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids’ Book Choice Award. Her daughter, Nikki Russell, is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released nineteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers.

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    • 5/5
      Uh,huh she actually had the best book even though,it was the FIRST!! Congratulations Rachel Rene Russel.
      You had this coming! The congrats from me!

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book! I would definitely recommend this to girls or boys ages 8-13! I’ve read it a million times, but I still keep on reading it over and over!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      this is so fun to read, I can spend a whole day reading dork diaries

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It was a great book for tweens and people who like that kind of stuff, but if you don't like drama and tween stuff then this book is NOT for you...hon!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It is an awesome book with a great plot!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Is the best book ever. so fun cool book ❤️?????

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Fun read!! Read it with my 8 year old! We both enjoyed. Great performance by the narrator. Her tone was very animated and expressive! Very entertaining! Cute story too!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      The reason this book is great is because it really showed the life of a human girl.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      So sad ? I give it a one cause she had no fab fam life it’s sad ;•; lol ? ?❤️u? ;•; xoxo guys love ya oh crap ? ? UGH ? CHORES YESH AHHHHHHHG (ignore that lol?) BUT NUUU XOXO FOLKS YEET ?

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Dork Diaries is awesome I could read it for hours.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I could read this in my spare time. Nikki Maxwell is so relatable! ?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Eighth grader Nikki Maxwell candidly shares with us the journaling of her no-so-fabulous days at her new private school Westchester Day School. Nikki's father, being the new exterminator, earned her a scholarship to a school where she doesn't fit in with the rich and snobby CCP (Cute, Cool & Popular) clique led by the snarky Mackenzie. Nikki knows that in order to dazzle the new crowd into accepting her she needs a new iPhone but her `rents stubbornly refuse to buy her one. Her Mom even goes so far as to tell her that if she really wants one she'll have to save up and buy it with her own money. Ugh! Just when everything seems to be doomed the school announces a school-wide art competition where the first prize is $500!! Nikki knows she's totally got this since she's an artist with plenty art camp experience. Nikki runs to the school office to sign up and who does she run into??? None other than Mackenzie. No way is she brave enough to compete against the queen bee of WDS. Can she turn one disaster after another into triumph? Dork Diaries is simply fabulous! I've been in Nikki's shoes a time or two as I changed schools 8 different times while growing up so I can totally sympathize with being new girl on the block. At least my Dad didn't drive me to school with a giant roach on top of his van. The entire book is Nikki's diary filled with hilarious stories and amazing drawings (also illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell). It's the perfect read for young girls who agonize over not being part of the in-crowd like I used to. Nikki goes from the zero to a hero and then finally settles nicely into her niche as a typical teen. I recommend this read for all YA lovers.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      it is intresting
      and cool funny and awsome
      yes it is

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Dork Diaries earns my approval for middle –school readers. In this book, 14 year-old Nikki Maxwell conveys her daily problems of being the new kid at a rich, private school through her diary. The author narrates the story through the words and drawing of Nikki. I first grabbed this book because the main character and I share the same name (even the same spelling of it); however, at by the end of the book I realized how much I enjoyed the humor that the author uses to tell Nikki’s story. With that said, I am not sure if the language truly reflects how 14 year-olds talk. While I enjoyed having the story told through the literary talent of a young teenager, I thought the illustrations really made the whole really come together. Though I have not read any of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series yet (it is on my to-read list), this book seems like it would be comparable to that series. I will let you know. In general, I recommend this book; especially if readers enjoy series because this is only book one.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I read this book at least five times and im still not tired of reading it! Nikki is a dork. McKenzie, a popular snob, is ruining her life. Nikki is trying to survive. Brandon, her love might be in love with McKenzie. Everythings a mess when Nikki trys out for the art compatition, but then McKenzie trys out and makes everything think she going to win. But Nikki ends up winning! She has a reward for winning, what is she going to spend it on?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This was awesome i love it so much can’t wait for the next one?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Dork Diaries is a really good book. I would recomend it for people aged 9 and over.Rachel Renee Russell is quite a good author actually.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Picked it up because the pictures were cute. It reminded me of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. But, I kind of like this more. The story is about a girl in Middle school having to deal with the drama of the cool kids. The story was good. Loved the characters. The pictures reminded me a little of anime, loved that. Overall, it was really enjoyable.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      In the beginning it was a little boring but got better!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great book I loved it .it is good for ages 9-13
    • 5/5
      It really shows how a middle school girl can go through the first few days of obviously middle school and go through struggles but find parts that are good like her friends Chloe and Zoey! Great for ages 8-10 and up!
    • 5/5
      This is a great book to read. Dork Diaries is a book about Nikki's new life in a private school in 8th grade. In the book there is a popular mean girl named Makenzie and her BFF Jessica. In the book she befriends with two girls named Chole and Zoey. She experiences lots of problems being the biggest dork in school. I really enjoy this book. You can always get great books to read in your local bookstore. :)
    • 5/5
      I really liked this book! I tell my friends 'if you want a girl version of 'Diary of a wimpy kid', this is the book for you!'.
    • 1/5
      I love the dork diaries very well I love it
    • 5/5
      This book is great! I found myself laughing out loud at the entries that Nikki puts in her diary. I can remember having those same thoughts as a middle school girl. The content is approachable for kids because it is written in language they they will understand but also introduces new vocabulary. Perfect book for young adolescent girls.
    • 3/5
      This book is ok and would recomend it to any girl who likes drama.
    • 5/5
      I think this is a great book. I think that it's interesting
    • 2/5
      Seems like a Wimpy Kid for girls. Nikki is on scholarship to a snooty private day school because her dad has an extermination contract. His truck has a giant roach on the roof. Fairly predictable stuff, her locker is right next to the queen bee's, cute boy takes note of her, she's publicly humiliated. Some funny stuff, will likely be popular with the girls. I'm not a fan of these broadly broadly drawn characters and their often mean spirited behavior.
    • 1/5
       Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.
    • 3/5
      Entertaining and very current. A girl's answer to the 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' series.