Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
(Dork Diaries #1)

Author

Rachel Ren Russell

Illustrator

Rachel Ren Russell

Publication Date

June 02, 2009

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 4^th − 5^th

Language

English

Format

Graphic Novel

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries #1)

Hardcover

Description

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.

Publication date

June 02, 2009

Genre

Fiction

ISBN-13

9781416980063

Lexile Measure

890

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Aladdin Paperbacks

Series

Dork Diaries

BISAC categories

JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV039020 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence

Library of Congress categories

Friendship
Artists
Schools
Diaries
Popularity
Diary fiction

School Library Journal

Gr 5-8 Fourteen-year-old Nikki J. Maxwell has been awarded a scholarship to a prestigious private middle school as a part of her fathers bug extermination contract. Her angst as she deals with the resident mean girl, her embarrassing parents, her crush on the hot boy, and making new friends are all recorded alongside numerous sketches of her life. Although occasionally amusing, Nikki is not a very likable character. She is shallow and self-centered and fails to show any growth in the book, even as she one-ups popular and cruel MacKenzie in the end. In fact, Nikki, who steals her neighbors hearing aid and plays pranks on her little sister, is somewhat of a mean girl herself. All the other characters are underdeveloped, including Nikkis family and her new BFFs, Chloe and Zoey. Black-and-white drawings, which are often witty, appear throughout the text, which is printed on lined pages as though from a diary. Fans of Jeff Kinneys "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" (Abrams) may enjoy this book, but its an additional purchase.--Terry Ann Lawler, Phoenix Public Library, AZ

tales from a not-so-fabulous(dork diaries)

i thought that the book was good and i liked the main character but i don't think that it was my taste but kind of towards the end i started to like it and wanted to read it again but i had to return it