Note to self: The best new books don’t just change the story. They change the reader.
MacKenzie Hollister was standing over them, her phone angled down like a sniper’s scope. “Well, well,” she cooed, flipping her blonde extensions. “Breaking copyright laws, Nikki? Or just stealing library property? Either way, it’s very dorky.” dork diaries books new
Then she drew a tiny hamster wearing a crown and smiled. Note to self: The best new books don’t
“You’re right, MacKenzie,” Nikki said, standing up. She grabbed a dry-erase marker from the whiteboard. “We’re terrible rule-breakers. We deserve… public shaming.” “Well, well,” she cooed, flipping her blonde extensions
But as Nikki stared at MacKenzie’s smug face, a line from page one-seventy-two echoed in her head: “Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bully isn’t to fight back. It’s to make them laugh… at themselves.”
The story was epic. Nikki (the fictional one) had accidentally been nominated for class president against her arch-nemesis, the perfectly ponytailed McKenzie (notice the subtle ‘K’ – pure evil). There was a subplot involving a runaway hamster named Sir Fluffington, a disastrous school bake sale, and a boy-band concert where everything went wrong in spectacular, doodle-filled fashion.