![]() But then Ade is invited to hang out with the popular girls… If you want two perspectives, try The Offline Diaries by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, where Ade and Shanice become instant friends. Could it be the annoying new girl trying to steal her BFF? Bea in Diary of an Accidental Witch by Perdita and Honor Cargill also has school troubles – her dad’s sent her to a school for witches! Follow the feisty Billie’s ups and downs as she tries to work out who the school purse thief is. If it’s the diary format that’s particularly captivating, try The Accidental Diary of B.U.G. Maddy Yip’s Guide to Life by Sue Cheung is very funny, packed with illustrations and is written in such a conversational tone that Maddy will feel like a real friend to the reader. Similarly, Loki by Louie Stowell has scribbles and drawings throughout it, and is the very funny story of the Norse god Loki forced to go to school as a human boy. Both chart the main character’s often hilarious progress through the choppy waters of secondary school and friendship. If illustrations are important to this reader, try The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby, which has similar doodle pictures, and the two-colour graphic novel Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley. There are a lot of Dork Diaries books to read, and once the super-fan is happy to move on, here are some books that are equally enjoyable. Plus, all the cringe moments with her family, and the fun with her BFFs are so relatable. The doodles, sketches and short diary entries make the Dork Diaries series super appealing. Millions of fans love reading about Nikki Maxwell and her adorkable mishaps at high school. So, it’s a natural extension that they would be excited to be welcomed into another part of the process of the creation of the next book.If you've finished the hilarious Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell, check out our recommendations on what to read next. “Rachel sets this tone for fans both in the books themselves, and in all of her interactions with them both online and in person. “Something that fans of this series talk about often is how reading the books becomes a community experience and they feel like the characters in the books are their friends,” she added. Liesa Abrams, v-p and editorial director of Simon Pulse and editor of Dork Diaries, was all in favor of the cover design poll (“Talk about a true focus group!”) and was “very pleased but not surprised” at the number of votes cast. It was exciting to watch the votes change in real time hour by hour, and it was very insightful to read 1,600 fan comments explaining his or her selection and why checks or polka dots should win.” ![]() This naturally gives readers a vested interest in and a personal connection to the book, and also lets them know how much I value their opinion. “So, when it was time to design a cover for Book 15, it dawned on me that readers would be thrilled to help select it, and I had the tools already in place to put that question to a vote. “With each addition, readers kept begging for more,” she said. Polling fans to choose the new installment’s cover design was the brainchild of Russell, who has added games, quizzes, and voting opportunities to the Dork Diaries website during the past year. ![]() In the new Dork Diaries caper, due from Simon & Schuster’s Aladdin imprint on October 13 with a first printing of two million copies, Nikki faces a new quandary: will she finally visit Paris, or will she and her band of friends instead plan a Paris-themed fundraiser to help her crush Brandon raise money for the local animal shelter? With more than 55 million copies of Dork Diaries books in print worldwide, there are myriad fans waiting eagerly to learn the answer. ![]() ![]() Checks won by a landslide, clinching 64% of the 71,213 votes cast during the last week in March, with polka dots coming in at a distant 36%. The decision at hand: should the background pattern of the book’s cover be “Pretty Polka Dots” or “Chic Checks”? When the author put this question to a vote across her social media platforms, she received a resounding response from fans of the series. Assuredly, one cannot judge a book by its cover, but Rachel Renée Russell recently asked her readers to pass judgment on two cover design options for the 15th book in her bestselling Dork Diaries series, Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure. ![]()
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