Friday, August 8, 2014

Chick-Lit Genre "Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-Happy Heartbreaker" by Rachael R. Russel with Nikki Russel and Erin Russel


Russell, Rachel R, Nikki Russell, and Erin Russell. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-so-Happy Heartbreaker. New York: Aladdin, 2013. Print; ISBN: 978-1442449633; Hardcopy Price $13.99.

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 With the biggest dance of the year just around the corner, Nikki decided she wants to go with her friend Brandon. Drama and emotions unfold as the dance grows closer, and Nikki worries about whether or not Brandon will agree to go with her.

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Book Talk
Nikki is an average, unpopular, unlucky teenage girl who is interested in a boy named Brandon. With a school dance coming up, she is hoping to go with Brandon, though there have been plenty of complications that made her feel as though it is a pipe dream. She outlines in her own words the confusion and pain of being a teenage girl with a crush and expresses herself in diary form. Page 40 gives us an example of her desire to reach out to someone and her (momentary) views on love.

“They’re doing a Miss Know-it-All Crisis Love Advise column, which means I have the entire month off.

Anyways, here’s my letter…

Dear Miss Know-It-All,

Why is love such a CRUDDY thing?

Help!

A Brokenhearted Dork!”

In this sixth installment of the Dork Diaries series, Nikki will deal with the stress of love in her usual dramatic over-the-top fashion. She will experience love, hate, jealousy, rivalry, and a wide spectrum of emotions, all explored as she tries to make sense of the concept of love. The reader’s will explore with humor and emotion her love journey leading to the school dance. 

Series Book Trailer (Meet Nikki Maxwell)


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