And by someone, I mean my mortal enemy . . . But STILL . . . !! I just wish someone would stay out of my personal business. Hey, I’ll be the first to admit, that rumor could have been A LOT worse. I was SURE the whole thing was a big fat LIE! Sorry! But everyone knows Queasy Cheesy pizzas are just NASTY! Had it been a dare for a yummy Crazy Burger, I’d TOTALLY believe it! Of course I totally FREAKED when I heard it! Not only is a dare like that rude and insensitive, but it’s a very cruel joke to play on a person like . . . Rumor has it that my CRUSH kissed me (at a charity event last weekend) on a DARE merely to snag a FREE large pizza from Queasy Cheesy! I overheard two CCP (Cute, Cool & Popular) girls gossiping about it in the bathroom. However, what I CAN’T handle is the fact that someone started an AWFUL rumor about me! Hey, I can even handle a mild concussion. Okay, I can handle the utter HUMILIATION of walking around school OBLIVIOUS to the fact that a SANDWICH is stuck to my abdomen like duct tape. Then I got hit in the face by a dodgeball during gym in front of the ENTIRE class and ended up trapped in a wacky fairy tale (an even longer story!). VOMIT!!įirst I ruined my brand-new sweater with a PBJ and pickle sandwich (a long story). The past twenty-four hours of my life have been so disgustingly NAUSEATING that I’m actually starting to feel like a . . . I had to know if the rumor about Brandon was true! Dork Diaries may not be destined to be a literary classic but it held my ADHD daughter’s attention for 45 minute stretches at a time when we sat at the gym while her brother had his gymnastics lesson. I was surprised how invested in the story I became. Of course, she’s still way nicer than Mackenzie!I think this book might teach readers some empathy, especially for Mackenzie, but mostly it’s just a fun read. ![]() And hearing Mackenzie’s side of the story of things that have transpired between her and Nikki shows that Nikki isn’t perfect either. Fingers crossed! If it becomes a problem, then I probably won’t let her keep reading the books.When Mackenzie takes over the diary, we learn that her life as the spoiled daughter of super rich parents isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. ![]() So for I haven’t noticed her using any of Nikki or Mackenzie’s insults on her brothers. As we read, Neve and I talked about how mean their words were and how it’s not nice to speak to other people that way. Nikki and Mackenzie are so mean to each other in both words and actions. One, there is a rumor going around school that the only reason Nikki’s crush Brandon kissed her is because someone dared him with the promise of pizza from Queasy Cheesy if he did it.Secondly, midway through the book, Nikki’s arch nemesis Mackenzie steals Nikki’s diary and starts writing her own entries in it! I thought this was a clever way for Mackenzie to have a turn at first person narration without having to deviate from the premise that we are reading Nikki’s diary.I’m glad Neve and I read this together because as Nikki would say, OMG. ![]() The entries are punctuated with cute illustrations of Nikki and other people.The drama in this particular book is two-fold. Nikki writes all about her and her friends’ middle school drama in her diary. I bought this one for my daughter at the school book fair and we decided to read it together – meaning I read it out loud to her.This is the ninth book in the series but it easily stands alone. My son also loved them when he was younger but I never read any of the books myself. My seven and a half year-old daughter loves the Dork Diaries series.
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