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 updated edition of the 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!

Author: Rachel Renée Russell
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 06/02/2009
Series: Dork Diaries #1
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781416980063

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 132957 / Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life/Dork Diaries


Award: Delaware Diamonds Award Winner - Middle School
Award: 2012 Colorado Children's Book Award Runner-Up - Junior Novel
Award: 2013 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Nominee - Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2009
School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 92
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 382 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
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 fifty-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 twenty-one consecutive New York Times bestsellers.