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Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life is the first book in the Dork Diaries series, written by Rachel Renee Russell. The book chronicles the life of main character Nikki Maxwell. This book was released in June 2009 and was Russell's first published book.

Plot
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell is not happy when her father arranges a scholarship for her to attend a private middle school called Westchester Country Day as part of the contract for his bug extermination services. Nikki does not fit in with the wealthy, designer clad students and spends most of her time alone writing in her diary. To make matters worse, she has a locker right next to the school's most popular girl, MacKenzie Hollister. MacKenzie labels Nikki as a "Dork" and goes out of her way to make Nikki’s life miserable. It appears the new school may work out when Nikki befriends two other dorky girls, Chloe and Zoey. But, things take a turn for the worse when Nikki enters the school art show and discovers her main competition is her enemy, MacKenzie, who will stop at nothing to win.

Awards
Book 1 was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for 42 weeks and the USA Today Best Sellers list for 7 weeks, where it landed at No. 348.

was awarded the 2010 Children’s Choice Book of the Year Award for the 5th/6th grade division. On February 10, 2011, it was nominated as Book of the Year by the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.