"Dork Diaries" Book Series for Tween Girls
If you are the lucky parents of a daughter between the wonderful ages of 9 and 12 then the “Dork Diaries” series by Rachel Renée Russell is just the kind of fun reading material for her to start collecting. And she won’t be alone as this exciting book series for tweens has already sold over 30 million copies and been translated into 36 languages worldwide of this #1 blockbuster New York Times best-selling series.
The “Dork Diaries” series chronicles the day to day life of Nikki Maxwell, who attends Westchester Country Day School. Nikki represents every tween girl who is pretty and talented, but worries that she is not. Her journals are those of a socially aspiring but fashion impaired tween with each volume depicting on month of the major crises she deals with in her eighth grade life, like her crush on Brandon, the lack of invitations to cool tween parties and her tangles with Mackenzie Hollister, the school snob whom Nikki calls “the killer shark with sparkly nail polish”. Nikki lays out all her emotions with lots of humor and appropriate exclamation points and capitalizations in the embedded text and art to bring home her point.
Like many “Dork Diaries” fans your daughter is sure to get hooked by the many adventures in Nikki’s life and her struggles to fit in as she moves to a new school, her zany hangouts with her BFFs and fellow dorks Zoey and Chloe who are always there for her, and her battles with the queen bee of the school and her followers. The author insists that she has been able to build a character that tweens can relate to because she was a dork too for many years of her school life.
Written in black and white comic style with drawings inspired partly by Japanese manga and partly by Disney characters, the format of text and art is readily understood and aptly displays the unique talent and humor of the author. Your daughter can really “get her dork on” as she follows the oh-so-fabulous life of the main character as she attempts to navigate the halls of middle school, first crushes, best friend dramas, and mean girls. But don’t keep her in suspense waiting for the latest catastrophe that occurs in the “Dork Diaries” series when box sets are the ultimate way to stay in touch and keep up.
Dork Diaries are more fun in numbers which is why the complete collection of the entertaining adventures of Nikki Maxwell is a must-have for Dork Diaries fans. These boxed sets contain all the stand-alone titles such as “Tales from a Not-so-Fabulous Life”, “Tales from a Not-so-Smart Miss Know-it-All”, and Tales from a Not-so-Graceful Princess”. Boxed sets come with a special poster that fans can display and share with their friends, proudly proclaiming their love of all things “Dorky”.
The collectible box sets contain books 1 through 11 from the first “not so fabulous” adventure filled with dorktastic fun to the interactive “How to Dork Your Diary”. Recommended for ages 9 – 13 years or grade levels 4 – 8 the “Dork Diaries” has received 2 Children’s Choice Awards in the 5th – 6th Grade Division for Book of the Year, and a nomination for Best Book by Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Award. In 2014 the author, Rachel Renée Russell, was the recipient of the Milner Award for Children’s Literature.
Reviews from highly satisfied parents state that they love how the series has given their daughters more confidence in reading and some were able to improve their reading scores by many points. They say the “Dork Diaries” series has also been instrumental in helping their daughters make new friends and sharing the latest adventures with classmates. Tween readers love the characters so much, particularly Nikki, whom they aspire to be like with her amazingly loyal friends, Chloe and Zoey, and they wish that all tweens can read and love these books as much as they do.
