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Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
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With brand-new, full-colour illustrations, the book that started the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series comes alive in full bloom and geared for a new modern middle grade audience. New school. New life. New drama.New edition in AMAZING FULL COLOUR! THINK GUMBALLS, RAINBOWS, AND... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group.

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With brand-new, full-colour illustrations, the book that started the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series comes alive in full bloom and geared for a new modern middle grade audience.

New school. New life. New drama.
New edition in AMAZING FULL COLOUR!

THINK GUMBALLS, RAINBOWS, AND CANDY! Nikki Maxwell's very first diary, filled with drama, tears, and lots of laughs (sometimes snotty ones!) is now filled with SQUEE-worthy new bright, vibrant, candy-coloured art! OMG!

Series: Dork Diaries Full-Color Editions

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781665988384

Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 November 2025

Imprint: Aladdin Paperbacks

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 785g

Pages: 376

About the Author

Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures of middle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. With humor and wit, Rachel's books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries series has been translated into fifty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books. With more than fifty-five million books in print, the series has garnered such honors as two Kids' Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children's Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Book of the Year nomination. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids' Book Choice Award. Her daughter, Nikki Russell, is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released twenty-one consecutive New York Times bestsellers.

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