Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star ( DORK DIARIES)

MONDAY, MARCH 31 MacKenzie is still supermad at me because I beat her in the Extreme Ski Competition on Saturday. And get this! She totally ignored me at my locker this morning when I tried to congratulate her on her second-place finish. Hey, I was just trying to be friendly and show good sportsmanship. NOT! ! Actually, I was trying to RUB HER NOSE in the fact that I’d given her a good BEATDOWN on the ski slopes at Swanky Hill Ski Resort! Anyway, I’m supposed to be sitting here in class conjugating French verbs. But HOW in the world am I supposed to concentrate on something as boringly mundane as conjugating French verbs when Brandon kissed me?! OMG! BRANDON ACTUALLY KISSED ME! ME!YES!! He. Kissed. SQUEEEEEEE! He is such a sweetheart to do that for charity !! Wait a minute! Oh, CRUD!! NOOOOO!!!! IF it was for charity, maybe he didn’t mean for it to be a REAL kiss?! !! But only a kiss to, like, help needy children?! Which is GOOD for them. But BAD for ME!! Because that means we’re just two very good friends helping to make the world a better place. Which is wonderful! And horrible at the same time!

wonderful! And horrible at the same time! JUST GREAT!! ! Now I’m REALLY confused!! WHICH kind of kiss was it?! A just-a-friend kiss? A let’s-save-the-world kiss? Or a you’re-my-girlfriend kiss? I could just ask him. But then he’d think that I thought it was a really big deal. And I DO! But I don’t want HIM to know that! SORRY! I can’t help it. I’m SUCH a DORK!! !!



Rachel Renée Russell is an attorney who prefers writing tween books to legal briefs. (Mainly because books are a lot more fun and pajamas and bunny slippers aren’t allowed in court.) She has raised two daughters and lived to tell about it. Her hobbies include growing purple flowers and doing totally useless crafts (like, for example, making a microwave oven out of Popsicle sticks, glue, and glitter). Rachel lives in northern Virginia with a spoiled pet Yorkie who terrorizes her daily by climbing on top of a computer cabinet and pelting her with stuffed animals while she writes. And, yes, Rachel considers herself a total Dork. Meet the author, watch videos, and get extras at KIDS.SimonandSchuster.com authors.simonandschuster.com/Rachel-Renee-Russell

ALSO BY Rachel Renée Russell Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star Dork Diaries 31/2: How to Dork Your Diary Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss-Know-It-All Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker Dork Diaries OMG!: All About Me Diary!











This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. ALADDIN An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 * www.SimonandSchuster.com * First Aladdin hardcover edition June 2014 Copyright © 2014 by Rachel Renée Russell Series design by Lisa Vega Book design by Karin Paprocki All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. ALADDIN is a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc., and related logo is a registered trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. The text of this book was set in Skippy Sharp. Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Russell, Rachel Renée. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star / by Rachel Renée Russell. — First Aladdin hardcover edition. p. cm. — (Dork diaries ; 7) Summary: Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki and her friends go? [1. Reality television programs—Fiction. 2. Sound recordings—Production and direction—Fiction. 3. Bands (Music)—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Diaries—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.R915935Taf 2014 [Fic]—dc23 2014002146 ISBN 978-1-4424-8767-3 ISBN 978-1-4424-8768-0 (eBook)

Contents Acknowledgments Saturday, March 1 Sunday, March 2 Monday, March 3 Tuesday, March 4 Wednesday, March 5 Thursday, March 6 Friday, March 7 Saturday, March 8 Sunday, March 9 Monday, March 10 Tuesday, March 11 Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, March 13 Friday, March 14 Saturday, March 15 Sunday, March 16 Monday, March 17 Tuesday, March 18 Wednesday, March 19 Thursday, March 20 Friday, March 21 Saturday, March 22 Sunday, March 23 Monday, March 24 Tuesday, March 25 Wednesday, March 26 Thursday, March 27 Friday, March 28 Saturday, March 29 Sunday, March 30 Monday, March 31 About Rachel Renée Russell