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

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

By Rachel Renée Russell

876 ratings 1378 reviews 1475 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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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 The whole series is just super outdated.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!

Ya you are right

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.

great book highly reccomend for 8-12 yr olds ;) love all the dork diaries as well though, wonderful story telling

A little bit too cringe, but overall okay

i've read all the books in this series but i might as well read them again. please follow me:) i'll follow you as soon as possible thanks. :)

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