Am I the Princess or the Frog? (Dear Dumb Diary #3)
Readers rate it 3.8 (13 on Hardcover)
120 pages · Released 2004 · Scholastic
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Am I the Princess or the Frog? (Dear Dumb Diary #3) parent’s guide: what’s inside
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This is a lighthearted middle-grade diary comedy featuring Jamie Kelly navigating crushes, friendships, and school social dynamics with humor and self-awareness. The story celebrates authenticity and self-acceptance while poking fun at typical middle school dramatics and vanity. Very mild crude language appears but nothing graphic, and the overall tone is silly rather than mean-spirited. The series is widely read in elementary and middle schools.
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Jamie is crushing on Hudson. Someone too-gross-to-be- named is crushing on Jamie. And Hudson is crushing on . . . Princess Turd of Turdsylvania (a.k.a. The Prettiest Girl in the World). Middle school may be grim, but it's no fairy tale. And crazy doesn't even begin to cover it. "Dear Dumb Diary, I got another poem... Jamie is crushing on Hudson. Someone too-gross-to-be- named is crushing on Jamie. And Hudson is crushing on . . . Princess Turd of Turdsylvania (a.k.a. The Prettiest Girl in the World). Middle school may be grim, but it's no fairy tale. And crazy doesn't even begin to cover it. "Dear Dumb Diary, I got another poem today from You-Know-Who 'She is the fairest blossom, true, She blooms in any weather. But I must love her from afar. We'll never be together.' Signed, M.P. Can you believe the pain he's in? His suffering? The crushing heartache he endures every time he sees me? Gosh, it just makes me so happy
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- Middle school students
- Humorous stories
- Middle schools
- Diaries
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Teacher-student relationships
- Children's stories
- Schools
- Jamie Kelly (Fictitious character)
- Personal Beauty
- Teenage girls
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ISBN 9780545010306 · Scholastic