If you've ever felt out of place or dealt with the highs and lows of school life, Nikki Maxwell's story will surely resonate with you. Through her witty, doodle-enhanced diary entries, you'll get a first-row seat to the ups and downs of middle school—from friendship woes to first crushes. It's a light-hearted, yet relatable window into the life of a modern teen.

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• Children's Choice Book Award for Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year (2010)
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Children's Book (2009)

It’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel! Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art in Book One of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!New school. New mean girl. New crush. New diary so I can spill about all of it…I put a lot of really personal stuff in this diary along with my sketches and doodles.But, mostly it’s about how TRAUMATIC it was transferring to my new private middle school, Westchester Country Day.And, how a lot of the CCP (Cool, Cute & Popular) kids were really SNOBBY and made my life TOTALLY miserable. People like, oh, I don’t know, maybe…MACKENZIE HOLLISTER!!And, it just so happened that I got stuck with a locker right next to hers. I could NOT believe I had such CRAPPY luck. I knew right then and there it was going to be a VERY, VERY long school year :-( !

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