Friday, July 31, 2009

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

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Dork Diaries
by Rachel Renee Russell
ISBN 1416980067
New York: Aladdin, 2009
Graphic Novel

282 pages
12+
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Annotation: A Fourteen-year-old girl who named Nikki Maxwell writes and sketches in her diary about her struggle to be popular at her new private school, and about to give up on being part of the elite group, before figuring out a way to simply to be herself.
Summary: Nikki has moved to a new school and has made new friends, meets a mean girl and her group, and developes a new crush. Will a mean girl stop Nikki from entering an art contest? And will her crush notice her? With her friends encouraging her, she gains the support and energy to face this new school. Follow her adventures in this smashing book.

Critique: This book was smashing because it was in diary form so it was interesting and funny to read. There were also pictures to enhance the words. The book wasn't that good because some illustrations were scary like the hoodie without the face. Nikki was interesting since the people and objects she drew in her diary were not just stick figures (well, most of the time it was not). This book was eye catching in the bookstores. It looked a lot like The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which was a good book, so I started to read it. It turned out to be funny, interesting, and exciting. I especially liked her drawings.

Biography: Rachel Renee Russell is an attorney who prefers writing children's books to legal briefs. She lives in Aldie, VA. [1]
You can know more about her by visiting her website: http://www.dorkdiaries.com/



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