11th October 2012, Simon and Schuster
336 pages, Paperback
Review copy
Themes:
life at school, being a scholarship girl, crushes on boys, rich mean
girls, annoying siblings who every now and then do something amazing,
school newspaper, not so friendly competition, keeping secrets, heaps of
drama, constantly hilarious
Summary from Simon and Schuster
When Nikki Maxwell discovers that her arch-nemesis, Mackenzie, has
started writing a gossip column for the school newspaper she's worried
that Mackenzie might be about to reveal some secret info about Nikki's
crush, Brandon, that she knows he won't want the whole school to find
out about. To keep an eye on what Mackenzie's up to, Nikki decides to
join the newspaper too, and somehow ends up working as the advice
columnist, Miss Know-It-All. At first it's fun to answer all the letters
from the kids at school, but when Miss Know-It-All's inbox is suddenly
overflowing with pleas for guidance, Nikki feels in need of some help
herself. Fortunately she has BFFs Chloe and Zoey on her side … and at
her keyboard!
Nayuleska's thoughts
I
was smiling before I started reading this latest installment in the
series, and I'm still smiling after I finished it. Nikki's life is
non-stop drama, but that's how life is at school. Mackenzie is an
uber-mean girl, she uses her dad's status to get what she wants. She's
clever in an evil way but rest assured it is always the quiet ones who
need watching, which Nikki finds out. Although Brianna is a little older
she reminded me of Amu's little sister Ami in the anime & manga
Shugo Chara. Brianna wants her own way all the time and frequently
embarasses Nikki. The funniest moments was when one of Nikki's friends
reacted like Brianna!
I love the illustrations which make me
laugh even more than the stoey does on its own. I like the fashion of
some of the girls' outfits including Chloe's pjs and Marcy's newspaper
outfit. Nikki's friends are extremely loyal and supportive, a positive
quality unlike the underhanded Mackenzie. This 10/10 read does remind me
of slice of like genre anime, with random ideas popping up all over the
place, friendship being the key to life and lots of humour
You can find out more on the Dork Diaries website.
Suggested read
Check
out the rest of the books in the series which include Skating
Sensation, the first book that I read (still haven't read the others
yet).
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