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    Dork Diaries: TV Star
    Dork Diaries: TV Star
    Dork Diaries: TV Star
    Ebook297 pages1 hour

    Dork Diaries: TV Star

    By Rachel Renée Russell

    4.5/5

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    • Friendship

    • Humor

    • School Life

    • Family

    • Competition

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Love Triangle

    • Rivalry

    • Coming of Age

    • Underdog Story

    • Underdog

    • Clumsy Protagonist

    • Secret Identity

    • Rags to Riches

    • Misunderstanding

    • Self-Discovery

    • Personal Growth

    • School

    • Reality Tv

    • Music

    About this ebook

    Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide!

    OMG, Nikki Maxwell is getting her own TV show!

    Nikki and her friends were spotted at their school talent show, and now a reality TV crew is following her as she heads for pop stardom. SQUEEE!

    But having cameras wherever she goes isn't always fun, especially when it's making things awkward with Brandon and MacKenzie keeps trying to steal the limelight...

    Is TV star one step too far for Queen of the Dorks?
    With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. 

    Don’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! 
    Have you read all the DORK DIARIES series?
    Dork Diaries   
    Dork Diaries 2: Party Time  
    Dork Diaries 3: Pop Star  
    Dork Diaries 4: Skating Sensation  
    Dork Diaries 5: Dear Dork  
    Dork Diaries 6: Holiday Heartbreak  
    Dork Diaries 7: TV Star  
    Dork Diaries 8: Once Upon a Dork  
    Dork Diaries 9: Drama Queen 
    Dork Diaries 10: Puppy Love  
    Dork Diaries 11: Frenemies Forever  
    Dork Diaries 12: Crush Catastrophe  
    Dork Diaries 13: Birthday Drama 
    Dork Diaries 14: Spectacular Superstar   
    Dork Diaries 15: I Love Paris!     - Out now!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateJun 3, 2014
    ISBN9781471117695
    Dork Diaries: TV Star
    Author

    Rachel Renée Russell

    Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures of middle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. With humor and wit, Rachel’s books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries series has been translated into forty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books. With more than fifty-five million books in print, the series has garnered such honors as two Kids’ Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children’s Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Book of the Year nomination. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids’ Book Choice Award. Her daughter, Nikki Russell, is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released nineteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers.

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    4.5/5

    93 ratings16 reviews

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    Readers find this title to be an amazing and awesome book that they love. It is crazy fun, intriguing, and relatable to girls. The romance in the book is a nice surprise and the characters are lovable. Although some reviews mention reading the books out of order, they still find them lovely. Overall, readers highly recommend this book and think it should be turned into a movie.

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    • 5/5
      OMG it SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR romantic
    • 5/5
      It is awsome ????ok now you tell me it is unfair
    • 5/5
      It was crazy fun! I loved this book because it has romance! I am definitely Chloe!
    • 5/5
      This is the second book I've read here and again, it was so amazing! It was intriguing and misleading sometimes but it was an amazing and awesome book! I loved it and recommend this book too! Although I'm not reading them in order, they are still lovely books!!!!!
    • 5/5
      I love all of these books but this one is like, OMG!! THEY KISSED!! I'm so excited for reading the next one
    • 5/5
      it's so amazing! I think this is the best book I love so far
    • 5/5
      It's just out of the world amazing! Totally fabulous. I feel that these books really relate to us girls out there. Once again total fab.
    • 5/5
      what an awesome book people all around the world with love this book people all over my school book it it should be turned into movies I would let everybody in the whole world will let this book it awesome thanks
    • 5/5
      Like it alot
    • 3/5
      I know what you’re thinking – she’s reviewing another Dork Diaries book?? Why yes, I am. I review most every book I read. I like having the review to look back on if I forget what the book is about – which happens often! And since my daughter is way into Dork Diaries right now, you can expect even more reviews after this one. There are twelve books in the series right now and a new one comes out in October.

      Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star is book seven but I think it can stand alone. Not surprisingly, it has roughly the same broad plot points as Book 9: Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen, the other book in the series I’ve read. Firstly, Mackenzie schemes against Nikki. This time it’s because Mackenzie is jealous that Nikki scored her own reality TV show after her band appears on Trevor Chase’s show. Mackenzie wants to be famous and on TV too. She and Nikki are horrible to each other. Secondly, Nikki and her crush Brandon can’t seem to get their acts together so that they can spend time together.

      I didn’t like this book as much as Drama Queen. I think it’s because it was so unrealistic. How many middle-schoolers have a band that’s good enough to get on national TV and spawn a reality TV show? That didn’t seem to bother my daughter though and that’s what matters. I just picked up a couple more books in the series for her at a used book sale so look for more Dork Diaries reviews in the future!
    • 5/5
      Hey! You over there- Have you ever wanted to be a tv star? Well I wanted to be one. I was reading this book called Dork Diaries Tales from a Not-So-Glam tv Star. I think this is the best book on earth you might want to read it. I really enjoy reading this book because it talks about a girl named Nikki Maxwell and she has this crush on this boy named Brandon. Nikki Maxwell’s hair is Brunette, she has 2 best friends name Chlore and Zoey. She is also sneeky, smart, and she loves her friends to death. The problem is that the girl named Mackenzie tried to take over Nikki tv show.
      The author of this book is Rachel Renee Russell. She won the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Nomination for the best book. She also wrote all of the Dork Diaries series. I would love to recommend this book to girls only that is the age 9-12 years old. Nikki and her friends has their own TV show and cameras everywhere they go. Lights camera action begin.
    • 5/5
      a nice surpise of nikki and brandon making out and having sex
    • 5/5
      This book is about a girl named Nikki and she is trying out for the talent show. Along the way she has to deal with crush problems, mean girls, and a crazy family. Her month starts off with having to watch her sister, Brianna,at the mall and then her sister goes into the fountain in search for money and they get enough money to go to a pizza place. While they are there they get invited to go up on stage and sing the place's theme song and while they are there the popular mean girl, MacKinzie, is there with her little sister and friends also and get a video of them dancing. Then Nikki has a problem with the tution bill she gets for school since her dad "can't" work and the only way to pay the tution off is to win the talent show. There is only on problem, MacKinzie is out to ruin Nikki's life and her chances with winning the talent show. What will happen? Find out in Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star. This book is amazing and it show the life of a teen. Teens have to go through drama,family problems, and so much more. Rachel Renee Russell is able to put all of that in one series. This book keeps you waiting for more and rolling on the floor laughing. If the words won't keep you laughing the pictures sure will. The pictures and illustrations look like a teen drawled them and they go perfectly with the text. If Rachel Renee Russell writes another book, I want to be one of the first to read, her books are just that good.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed reading Dork Diaries 3. This book is about Nikki, Chloe, Zoey, and Brandon. It is pretty much the same characters as the other books in the series. In this book Nikki's friendship grows more with Chloe, Zoey, Brandon and more people. There is a new story where Nikki and her friends form a band to enter in the school talent show. Bad news, Mackenzie and her friends formed their own group to enter too. Whoever wins the talent show gets a big prize.Who will win? This is a laugh-out-loud book by Rachel Renee Russell.
    • 3/5
      This book was kind of like Diary Of A Wimpy Kid but for girls. It's an amazing book. I was laughing at every page. I really enjoyed this book.
    • 5/5
      I really loved this book! It is really funny and had me laughing at every page. This is the third book in the Dork Diaries Series, so I recommend you start with the first book. This is just like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but for girls. It is about an unpopular girl trying to get through middle school, dealing with crushes, mean girls, and a lot of homework. It's just like my middle school. I really loved this book and hope you will too!

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    Dork Diaries - Rachel Renée Russell

    Dork Diaries: TV Star, by Rachel Renée Russell. Over 50 million copies in print!

    (NO SNOOPING ALLOWED!!! )

    Dork Diaries: TV Star, by Rachel Renée Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Simon and Schuster.

    To my adorkable nieces,

    Sydney, Cori, Presli, Mikayla, and Arianna

    SATURDAY, MARCH 1

    OMG!! I STILL can hardly believe what happened to me yesterday!! THREE totally-awesome-completely-unbelievable-too-good-to-be-true-exciting-wonderful things!!

    Totally-awesome-completely-unbelievable-too-good-to-be-true-exciting-wonderful thing #1: I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE VALENTINE’S DAY SWEETHEART DANCE !! SQUEEEE!

    Yep! It was girls ask the guys! And at the very last moment, I FINALLY got up the nerve to ask my crush, Brandon!

    Totally-awesome-completely-unbelievable-too-good-to-be-true-exciting-wonderful thing #2: I WAS CROWNED SWEETHEART PRINCESS !! SQUEEEEEEE!!

    I still don’t know exactly how THAT happened. But it did! And I have my TIARA to prove it!!

    ME, STILL WEARING MY DAZZLING TIARA FROM LAST NIGHT!

    And finally, the most AMAZING thing EVER!

    SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

    Totally-awesome-completely-unbelievable-too-good-to-be-true-exciting-wonderful thing #3: DURING THE VERY LAST DANCE OF THE MOST PERFECT, ROMANTIC, FAIRY-TALE EVENING, BRANDON AND I…

    Hey! Wait a minute! Is that my cell phone ringing?!!

    YES! My phone IS ringing!!!

    Hey! Maybe it’s…

    BRANDON!! !!!

    (Checking my caller ID…)

    NOPE!! It’s NOT Brandon calling.

    WAIT!! OMG!!! I can’t believe it’s…

    He’s just THE most famous TV producer in the entire WORLD! And the host of my FAVORITE TV show, a reality TV show/talent boot camp called…

    SQUEEEEEEE !!

    Gotta answer my phone!

    I’m on spring break from school this entire week. So I’ll have plenty of time to finish writing this…

    LATER!!! !

    SUNDAY, MARCH 2

    OMG! Saturday night was a complete NIGHTMARE!! How bad was it? SO bad I’m breaking into a cold sweat and having traumatic flashbacks just writing about it.

    AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! That was me screaming!! Sorry!! Must. Stop. Screaming! Anyway…

    I can hardly believe the KA-RAY-ZEE mess I got myself into THIS time!

    I wondered if they allowed diaries in JAIL! Because that’s exactly where I was headed. No JOKE!! The authorities were about to place me under arrest ! But girlfriend wasn’t going down without a fight!

    And by fight, I mean trying to figure out whether I could sneak out of a nearby window, crawl onto a six-inch ledge, dangle by my fingertips over a railing, and then jump five floors to the ground below… without SPLATTERING myself all over the parking lot!!

    Hmm…?!

    Probably… NOT !!

    But it gets worse! My BFFs, Chloe and Zoey, were getting arrested too. And it was all MY fault!

    I was such a HORRIBLE person! I TOTALLY deserved it if they UNFRIENDED me on Facebook!

    If only I HADN’T dragged them into this MESS!

    I was just minding my own business and writing in my diary when I got that call Saturday morning.…

    Hello, Nikki! Great news! I’m in town today with my new group, the BAD BOYZ! I’d love to meet with you to discuss recording your band’s song ‘Dorks Rule!’ The only problem is that we’ll be leaving soon to go on a world tour. So I can only meet with you TONIGHT. Otherwise, it’ll be about seven months before my schedule clears up again. Do you think you can make it to the Bad Boyz concert tonight?

    OMG! Mr. Chase?! Yes, I’d love to! But that concert sold out months ago in, like, ten minutes. My two BFFs camped out in line overnight and STILL couldn’t get any tickets.

    No problem! I’ll give you three backstage passes so you can bring a couple of your band members. Just pick them up at the reserved-tickets window, okay?

    That was when I completely FAINTED! Well, actually, ALMOST completely fainted.

    Backstage passes?! That’s AWESOME! Thank you, Mr. Chase! I’ll see you TONIGHT!

    I could NOT believe this was happening! My band, Actually, I’m Not Really Sure Yet, might get a record deal! I hung up the phone and immediately called Chloe and Zoey to see if they wanted to go to the concert.

    They answered with one word: SQUEEEEE! !!

    We all agreed it was going to be the MOST fun we’d had together since, um… yesterday!

    When we arrived at the arena, we waited in line with THOUSANDS of excited fans. But you’d NEVER guess who we just happened to run into on our way to the ticket window.…

    MACKENZIE !!!

    And of course she was surprised to see US, too!

    OMG! What are YOU losers doing here? she said, turning up her nose at us in disgust like we were… a bunch of lowly… maggots… suffering from a terminal case of… diarrhea or something.

    We’re here to see the show! What else? I answered, like it wasn’t a big deal at all.

    Well, have fun way up there in the cheap, nosebleed section. I managed to snag FRONT-ROW SEATS! If the Bad Boyz come down onto the main floor, I’ll tell them you guys said hello. NOT!! MacKenzie taunted.

    Then she waved her tickets right under our noses really sloooowly like they were freshly baked red velvet cupcakes with extra sprinkles or something.

    But I just stared right into her beady little eyes.

    Well, girlfriend! I hope you have fun in the front row, because WE’RE going to be BACKSTAGE!! I said. Then I waved OUR tickets right under HER nose really slooooooooowly.

    Yeah! Chloe added, doing jazz hands. We have VIP, special access, BACKSTAGE PASSES! While WE meet and greet, YOU can weep!

    And if WE run into the Bad Boyz backstage, we’ll tell ’em YOU said hello, Zoey said, batting her eyes all sweetly. NOT!!

    MacKenzie just stood there in shock, staring at us with her mouth dangling wide open.

    The thought of us dorks hanging out with the celebs backstage must have given MacKenzie a mini nervous breakdown or something. Because she accidentally knocked over her bottled water and completely drenched Chloe!

    Thank goodness Zoey had a pack of tissues in her purse.

    We tried our best to calm Chloe down and dry her off.

    CHLOE, FREAKING OUT AFTER MACKENZIE SPILLED WATER ON HER!!

    I couldn’t believe MacKenzie didn’t even bother to apologize to Chloe for being such a KLUTZ. She just disappeared. How RUDE!!

    Anyway, since the show was going to be starting in less than ten minutes, we placed our coats and stuff in a locker and rushed to the backstage entrance. A grumpy-looking security guard was stationed there, checking IDs and buzzing people in.

    Um… excuse me, sir, I said excitedly. We need to get backstage. We were invited here by Mr. Trevor Chase and have backstage passes.

    Yeah, right! he grumbled. And I’m Sleeping Beauty! You and nine hundred other girls ALL have backstage passes. Now, stop bugging me before I have you removed from the premises for attempted unauthorized entry!

    No, we REALLY do! I said, opening my purse to grab our tickets. SEE? They’re right here…! Only there was a small complication. The tickets weren’t in the little pocket thingy inside my purse.

    Um, wait a minute…! I giggled nervously as I dug around in my purse. I just have to find them.…

    The security guard rolled his eyes and glared at me.

    Nikki, give the nice man our tickets. Now! Zoey said with a fake smile plastered across her face.

    Stop messing around before you get us thrown out of here, Chloe whisper-shouted in my ear.

    I grinned at the scowling security guard. Um, sir, could you please excuse us for a moment?

    We turned our backs to the security guard and huddled together for an emergency meeting. I CAN’T FIND OUR TICKETS!!! I shrieked quietly. It’s like they’ve disappeared into thin air.

    WHAT?!! Chloe and Zoey both gasped.

    Maybe I just overlooked them…, I muttered as I frantically dumped out my purse.

    ME, DUMPING OUT MY PURSE WHILE TRYING TO FIND OUR LOST BACKSTAGE PASSES

    But there were no tickets to be found. That’s when we started to PANIC.

    Listen, they’ve got to be around here somewhere! Zoey said, trying to stay calm. Nikki, you rush back to the ticket window to see if you left them there. Chloe and I will check the locker to make sure you didn’t leave them with our coats and stuff. Don’t worry, guys. I’m SURE we’ll find them!

    Then we took off in search of our lost backstage passes. By the time I made it back to the ticket window, it was closed because the show had already started. Unfortunately, I didn’t see our tickets anywhere. And Chloe and Zoey didn’t have any luck either.

    It was my brilliant idea to call Trevor Chase and explain our predicament. But unfortunately, his voice mail was full .

    Things quickly went from bad to worse. When we told the security guard we’d lost our tickets and asked

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