Dork Diaries 3

175 Pages·2017·9.15 MB·Afrikaans

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters,
places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is
entirely coincidental.
ALADDIN * An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division * 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
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United States of America * 0411 FFG * 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 * Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data * Russell, Rachel
Renée. * Dork diaries 3: tales from a not-so-talented pop star / by Rachel Renée Russell. — 1st Aladdin hardcover ed. * p. cm. — (Dork
diaries; 3) * Summary: When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at
her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's status to the rest of the school. * ISBN 978-1-4424-
1190-6 * (pob edition: alk. paper) * [1. Talent shows—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Popularity—Fiction. 4. Middle schools—Fiction. 5.
Schools— Fiction. 6. Diaries—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series. * PZ7.R915935Dor 2011 * [Fic]—dc22 * 2010048088 * ISBN 978-1-
4424-1191-3 (eBook)
To my grandma, Lillie Grimmett.
Happy 90th birthday!
Thank you for a childhood stocked
with a never-ending supply of
pencils, paper, hugs, and dreams.
Content
Acknowledgments
Friday, November 1
Saturday, November 2
Sunday, November 3
Monday, November 4
Tuesday, November 5
Wednesday, November 6
Thursday, November 7
Friday, November 8
Saturday, November 9
Sunday, November 10
Monday, November 11
Tuesday, November 12
Wednesday, November 13
Thursday, November 14
Friday, November 15
Saturday, November 16
Sunday, November 17
Monday, November 18
Tuesday, November 19
Wednesday, November 20
Thursday, November 21
Friday, November 22
Saturday, November 23
Sunday, November 24
Monday, November 25
Tuesday, November 26
Wednesday, November 27
Thursday, November 28
Friday, November 29
Saturday, November 30
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To all my Dork Diaries fans—thank you for loving this book series as much as I do. Wow! Are we actually on Book 3 already?! Always remember
to let your inner Dork shine through.
Liesa Abrams, my wonderful editor, who mysteriously seems to know Nikki Maxwell even better than I do. Thank you for making the countless
hours we spend working on these books such a blast. And, yes, all of this happened just like you said it would. Go, Batgirl!
Lisa Vega, my magical art director, who never ceases to amaze me when she takes a single yellow sticky note and two simple colors and—
ABRACADABRA!— turns it into a fabulous cover that practically flies off the shelves.
Mara Anastas, Bethany Buck, Paul Crichton, Carolyn Swerdloff, Matt Pantoliano, Katherine Devendorf, and the rest of my awesome team at
Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, thank you for all your hard work on this series.
Daniel Lazar, my super agent at Writers House, thank you for being there for me every step of the way. I could not have chosen a better
“partner in crime”! And a special thanks to Stephen Barr for always making me smile.
Maja Nikolic, Cecilia de la Campa, and Angharad Kowal, my foreign rights agents at Writers House, thank you for taking Dork Diaries around
the world.
Nikki Russell, my daughter and talented assistant artist, I cannot begin to thank you for all that you do. I am blessed to be sharing this
dream with you.
Sydney James, Cori James, Presley James, Arianna Robinson, and Mikayla Robinson, my nieces, for being brutal critique partners and willing to
work for a double cheese, double sausage pizza.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
OMG!
I think yesterday was probably the BEST day of my entire life ☺!!
Not only did I have a FABTASTIC time at the Halloween dance with my crush, Brandon, but I think he might actually like me!
SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!! ☺!!
By “like,” I mean as a REALLY good friend.
Definitely NOT as a serious girlfriend or anything. I’m sure THAT would NEVER happen in a million years!
WHY? Mostly because I’m the biggest DORK in the entire school.
And with three zits, two left feet, one cruddy social life, and zero popularity, I’m not exactly the type of girl who’ll one day be crowned
prom queen.
But thanks to my wicked case of CRUSH-ITIS, the slightly-goofy-blissfully-lovesick-shabby-chic style I’m currently rockin’ would definitely
put me in the running for …
PRINCESS OF THE DORKS!
It’s just that I’m NOT a tag hag (also known as a totally obsessed fashion SNOB).