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	Russell, Rachel Renee. TALES FROM A NOT-SO-FABULOUS LIFE New York : Aladdin, 2009 IL 3-6, RL 5.8 ISBN 1416980067
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Nikki J. Maxwell receives a scholarship to a fancy private school as part of her father’s pest extermination contract. Let the roller coaster begin! Nikki’s school experience will sound familiar to many readers: her parents are embarrassing, her girl classmates are mean, her crush is the hottest boy in class, and her ability to make friends is challenged. Readers who enjoyed Diary of a Wimpy Kid will find more clever illustrations in this novel, which is published on pages that make it feel like we are reading Nikki’s own diary. (Kristin Roper for Colorado Blue Spru ce Award, 2013)
	SUBJECTS: Popularity -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Artists -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. Diaries -- Fiction. Diary fiction.

Russell, Rachel Renee.
TALES FROM A NOT-SO-FABULOUS LIFE
New York : Aladdin, 2009
IL 3-6, RL 5.8
ISBN 1416980067

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Nikki J. Maxwell receives a scholarship to a fancy private school as part of her father’s pest extermination contract. Let the roller coaster begin! Nikki’s school experience will sound familiar to many readers: her parents are embarrassing, her girl classmates are mean, her crush is the hottest boy in class, and her ability to make friends is challenged. Readers who enjoyed Diary of a Wimpy Kid will find more clever illustrations in this novel, which is published on pages that make it feel like we are reading Nikki’s own diary. (Kristin Roper for Colorado Blue Spru ce Award, 2013)

SUBJECTS:    Popularity -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Artists -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        Diaries -- Fiction.
                        Diary fiction.