1. Title: Dork Diaries Author: Rachel Renee Russell Date/Year Published: 2009 Genre: Fiction Name: Rebecca Mathews Class Period: 3

2. Setting The setting is at a school called Westchester country day (private school). And sometimes the setting is also at her house.

3. Characters Nikki Maxwell– is a 14 year old girl with short straight brown hair and brown eyes. She spends her time writing in her diary. Mackenzie Hollister-is the most popular girl at W.C.A. she has blonde hair, blue eyes and is wealthy. Chloe Christina Garcia- is Nikki’s best friend,and is Hispanic she also works at the library with Nikki and Zoey. Zoey Ebony Franklin- she is Nikki’s other best friend who is a book worm. She is an African American and is 14 years old. Brandon Roberts- has brown hair and blue eyes. He is the school’s newspaper photographer. And is Nikki’s and Mackenzie's love interest.

4. Plot: Conflict When nikki enter the school art show and discovers her main competion is her enemy Mackenzie, who will stop at nothing to win. So on the day of the art competion her dad dropped her off to school in his bug truck so when nikki got out she put the painting right next to the car and while her dad was leaving he accidently crushed her painting.

5. Plot: Resolution Before all this happened Nikki had a tattoo business but after a while she got annoyed of creating tattoos for people just so she and her friends can go to New York. So Chloe,Zoey and Brandon felt really bad and took pictures of all the tattoos she made and entered it into the competion. While nikki was about to transfer out of the school she came back to clean her locker and saw that she won first place. Then finally understood everything. So she reunited with Chloe and Zoey.

6. Your Opinion It was a fun book to read. When she had all the interesting adventures throughout the book and really looking forward to reading her next book.

7. About the Author She has a spoiled pet Yorkie. Makes a microwave oven out of popsicle sticks, glue, and glitter. She wrote and illustrated her first book in 6 th grade as a birthday present for her brothers. And she is an attorney

8. 5 Test Questions Do you think Mackenzie will make Nikki’s life miserable again? What is their school called? What profession does Nikki’s father have? What are the names of Nikki’s friends? Who was not invited to Mackenzie party?

9. Summary When nikki Maxwell a 14 year old enter a new school and find out her locker is right next to Mackenzie (most popular girl) then Mackenzie finds out that nikki writes in a journal as her diary. Then the school has a art show nikki and Mackenzie sign up. On the day of the competion nikki is dropped off at school by dad. Then while her dad was leaving he accidently crushed her painting. When Chloe, Zoey and Brandon found out they found a solution by taking pictures of the tattoo’s she made for people and entered it into the art show. While nikki was sad she was going to transfer to another school so she went to her school to clean out her locker and was dyeing to find out who won the art show so she didn’t see Mackenzie's name for first place but saw her for first place. Then she finally understood everything.