Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
Readers rate it 3.6 (19 on Hardcover)
340 pages · Released 2013 · Simon and Schuster.com
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This is the fifth book in Rachel Renée Russell's popular Dork Diaries series, a humorous middle-grade graphic novel about navigating social life and crushes. The story focuses on age-appropriate anxieties about a school dance and asking someone out, with comic illustrations and diary entries that make it engaging for reluctant readers. The book emphasizes friendship, self-acceptance, and perseverance through embarrassment, with no mature content.
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Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance." Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance."
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- Middle schools
- Diaries
- Dance parties
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Dating (Social customs)
- Schools
- Friendship
- School stories
- Humorous Stories
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Social Themes
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ISBN 9781442449633 · Simon and Schuster.com