Dork Diaries: Dear Dork: 5 Paperback

Advice columns, letters and Nikki Maxwell's usual running commentary shape the fifth Dork Diaries book. This Simon and Schuster Childrens Books paperback carries 280 pages and a suggested reading age of nine and up. The diary format expands here to take in correspondence as well as journal entries, which gives the writing a change of rhythm without losing the drawings, doodles and handwritten-style type the series is known for. Russell keeps the focus on school friendships, small humiliations and the way advice is easier to give than to follow, and the humour stays gentle enough for younger readers to handle unsupervised. The essentials: • Fifth title in Rachel Renée Russell's Dork Diaries series • Letter-writing thread woven through the usual diary entries • 280 illustrated pages with a reading age of nine plus • Standalone story arc set within the wider series A dependable choice for middle-grade readers and classroom shelves, published by Simon and Schuster Childrens Books and available at Boipoka.