Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Nikki Maxwell enters a talent competition in this third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

Nikki Maxwell has been doing everything she can to keep everyone at school from learning the truth--that she's there on scholarship in exchange for her Dad working as the school's exterminator. When a major talent competition is announced with a school scholarship offered as the top prize, it's the perfect opportunity Nikki has been waiting for. Can she sing and dance her way to letting her dad (and her reputation!) off the hook?

Author: Rachel Renée Russell
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 06/07/2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781442411906
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 144765 / Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star/Pop Star


Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 367 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
School Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 148

About the Author
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 fifty-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 twenty-one consecutive New York Times bestsellers.