Nikki Maxwell starts eighth grade at a new private school and keeps a diary about it. There is the fight with her mom over a phone, two new friends named Chloe and Zoey, a crush named Brandon, a little sister who is a menace, and a mean girl named MacKenzie who becomes her rival in the school art competition.
This is the book that started the series in 2009, in the updated hardcover edition from Simon & Schuster. Rachel Renée Russell wrote and illustrated it in diary form, with cartoons throughout. The series has sold more than 55 million copies.
Ages 9 to 13. The obvious starting point if a reader is new to Nikki.
Book details
- Author: Rachel Renée Russell
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
- Format: Hardcover
- Published: 6/02/2009
- Recommended age: 9 to 13
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9781416980063

