by Rachel Renee Russell
Aladdin, 2009
GENRE: Humor
HONORS: None
known
REVIEW: As part
of the contract for his bug extermination business contract, Nikki Maxwell’s
father has gotten her a scholarship to attend a fancy private middle school
called Westchester Country Day. Finding it difficult to fit in with the new
students, Nikki spends most of her time writing in her diary. She soon
befriends a couple of likeminded girls named Cloe and Zoey, but finds a cruel
enemy in her locker neighbor, Mackenzie Hollister.
OPINION: This
book is a cute answer to Diary of a Wimpy kid that targets a female audience.
Some of the dialog can be a little over the top girly, with some repetitive
descriptions/tropes (“but I just said it in my head, so no one heard it but me.”), but
over all I found the book to be clever, funny and entertaining.
IDEAS: This would make a good addition to a display
for Diary of a Wimpy kid read alikes along with Planet Tad.
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