50 Fun Facts About Dork Diaries

Nikki Maxwell's exterminator dad in Dork Diaries drives a van topped with a five-foot plastic what?

A roach rides on the roof, and Nikki keeps her dad's job at her own school a big secret. He is still her biggest fan.

In the first Dork Diaries book, Nikki Maxwell's mom gives her a diary when she was hoping for what?

A cell phone was what she expected, and she thinks a paper diary is hopelessly outdated. She ends up writing and doodling in it constantly anyway.

MacKenzie Hollister rules a clique called the CCPs in Dork Diaries; what does the P stand for?

Popular completes the name, after C for cool and C for cute. Nikki writes that this snobby crowd made her first weeks at a new school miserable.

Besides fashion and selfies, which cosmetic does Dork Diaries mean girl MacKenzie Hollister live for?

Lip gloss is a habit MacKenzie shares with Nikki, whose first diary names Krazy Kissalicious as her favourite brand of the moment.

Nikki Maxwell's little sister Brianna acts tough in Dork Diaries, but which magical visitor terrifies her?

The tooth fairy scares her because Nikki once claimed the teeth are collected to make dentures for old people. Nikki later mixes a smelly homemade repellent to end the midnight panics.

Which American author created Dork Diaries and its spin-off, basing the stories on her own middle-school years?

Rachel Renée Russell introduced Nikki in 2009, and the books have since been translated into dozens of languages. She shares the illustrating credit too.

Under which pen name does Nikki Maxwell answer classmates' letters in the school newspaper in Dork Diaries?

Miss Know-It-All is her byline, and the inbox soon overflows with so many pleas that Chloe and Zoey pitch in at the keyboard.

Dork Diaries heroine Nikki Maxwell is named after which relative of the author, who also illustrates the books?

Her daughter Nikki draws the pictures and was the inspiration for the whole series. A second girl in the family, Erin, has helped with the books too.

What must Nikki Maxwell hide from her parents in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter?

A litter of puppies, seven in all, turns up at the shelter where Brandon helps out, and the friends hide them until homes are found. MacKenzie is out to expose the secret.

Nikki Maxwell's crush Brandon Roberts works on the school newspaper in Dork Diaries in which role?

Photographer is his role on the paper, and despite his good looks he is a loner who is a little awkward around girls.

Which snobby private middle school does new girl Nikki Maxwell transfer to at the start of Dork Diaries?

Westchester Country Day is where MacKenzie's locker sits right beside Nikki's, to her horror. Nikki only gets a place there through a deal tied to her dad's bug-control work.

Which school year is 14-year-old Nikki Maxwell starting when the Dork Diaries series begins?

Eighth grade is her year, and she is still an eighth-grader in the eleventh book, when a student exchange sends her to a rival school for a week.

Boy-crazy best friend Chloe Garcia cheers up Nikki Maxwell in Dork Diaries by flashing which signature gesture?

Jazz hands are Chloe's trademark, alongside group hugs. She is the romance-novel fan of the trio and calls herself an expert on boys and dating.

Which instrument does Brandon play in Nikki Maxwell's band in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star?

Drums are Brandon's surprise talent, and he joins the band for the school talent contest. Nerdy Theo handles guitar while Violet plays piano.

In the fifth Dork Diaries book, what does MacKenzie Hollister start writing that pushes Nikki to join the school paper?

A gossip column is MacKenzie's new weapon, and Nikki fears it will spill something about her crush. She signs up for the paper to keep watch.

Brainy Zoey Franklin, the human Wikipedia of Dork Diaries, loves reading and quoting which kind of books?

Self-help titles are Zoey's thing, and she offers Nikki quick therapy sessions as the group's psychology expert. She is also the one to ask about homework.

Where at school do Nikki Maxwell, Chloe and Zoey work together as student helpers in Dork Diaries?

The library is where the three help out, which suits Chloe and Zoey, who are both avid readers.

Which unlikely hideout do Nikki Maxwell, Chloe and Zoey use for private meetings at school in Dork Diaries?

The janitor's closet is where the trio meets, a habit from a friendship that began when all three bonded over disliking MacKenzie. Nikki had found the other two annoying at first.

Which Valentine's event does Nikki hope to attend with Brandon in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker?

The Sweetheart Dance is the biggest dance of the year, and the friends pair off for it: Zoey goes with Theo and Chloe with Marcus.

Brianna Maxwell's sidekick in Dork Diaries is her own hand with a face inked on; what is the puppet called?

Miss Penelope is drawn on with an ink pen and joins Brianna in most of her trouble-making. Princess Sugar Plum, by contrast, is the character Brianna adores.

What top prize tempts Nikki Maxwell into the talent contest in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star?

A scholarship is the lure, because winning it would free her dad from the bug-control deal that covers her tuition, and protect her reputation too.

Nikki Maxwell's talent-show band in Dork Diaries ends up with which odd name?

Actually, I'm Not Really Sure Yet is the name the band is stuck with, even though the friends had proudly chosen to call themselves Dorkalicious.

At the Halloween dance in Dork Diaries book two, Nikki goes as Brandon's date dressed as which Shakespeare heroine?

Juliet is her costume for Brandon, but she is juggling three commitments that night, including a little kids' party she promised to work.

Nikki's storybook dream in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After follows a gym-class bump on which day?

April Fools' Day is when a ball to the face in gym knocks her out, and she wakes inside a mash-up of classic tales, hunting for a wizard who can send her home.

Which villain looks just like MacKenzie Hollister in the dream of Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After?

An evil witch with MacKenzie's face keeps trying to lock Nikki in a dungeon. Nikki must also slip past a hungry wolf and some angry bears before she can get home.

MacKenzie Hollister steals the heroine's journal and tells her own side of the story in which Dork Diaries book?

Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen is the ninth book, where MacKenzie writes entries of her own and threatens to get Nikki fired from the school paper.

Nikki spends a student exchange week at which academy, MacKenzie's new school, in the eleventh Dork Diaries book?

North Hampton Hills has smart uniforms and a campus that looks like Hogwarts, but one girl there manages to out-MacKenzie MacKenzie.

In Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday, Brianna pays for Nikki's party by selling what homemade product?

Dog biscuits baked by Brianna raise the money after Mom vetoes the big party budget. Nikki never expected her little sister to save the day.

In Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star, Brandon surprises Nikki at what kind of charity fundraiser stall?

A kissing booth raising money for charity is where Brandon kisses Nikki, in a book that also puts a reality TV crew on her tail.

What is the name of the animal shelter where Brandon Roberts volunteers in the Dork Diaries series?

Fuzzy Friends is in danger of closing in the fourth book, so Nikki and her two best friends enter a skating contest to raise money for it.

Whom does Nikki Maxwell's crush Brandon Roberts live with in the Dork Diaries series?

His grandparents are the family he lives with, and he spends his free hours caring for the dogs at a local animal rescue.

Animal lover Brandon Roberts of Dork Diaries hopes to have which career when he grows up?

A veterinarian is his goal, and he already volunteers with rescue dogs at a shelter Nikki enters a skating contest to save.

Which new queen bee torments Nikki during exchange week in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy?

Tiffany rules the rival academy with her sidekicks Hayley and Ava, and she becomes MacKenzie's frenemy as well as Nikki's enemy.

Which pen pal does Nikki at first assume is a girl in Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe?

André turns out to be a boy, after Nikki has already shared some embarrassing secrets, and he briefly rivals Brandon for her attention.

Nikki is a nickname in Dork Diaries; what is heroine Nikki Maxwell's full first name?

Nicole is her given name, though almost nobody uses it: only one friend in the whole series, a visiting exchange student, calls her that.

Which lessons does Nikki Maxwell's mom push on both her girls in Dork Diaries because of her own childhood dream?

Ballet was Mom's own unfulfilled ambition, so both girls get enrolled although neither wants to go. Nikki later ends up working at the class Halloween party.

Nikki's eccentric grandma, who visits for Thanksgiving in Dork Diaries book three, belongs to a gang that rides what?

Segways are the ride of choice for Grandma's gang of seniors, and she also loves heading off on road trips.

Which game do Nikki, Chloe and Zoey play at their New Year's Eve sleepover in the fifth Dork Diaries book?

Truth or Dare fills the sleepover, in a book where Zoey argues that it is finally time for payback against MacKenzie.

What do Nikki Maxwell's parents call the planned togetherness sessions they deliberately set up in Dork Diaries?

Family Sharing Time is the parents' invention, and Nikki cheekily suggests they spend one session on an extreme sport like bungee jumping.

During Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy, Nikki is in the running for a trip to which city?

Paris is the prize, so Nikki works to impress the French teacher at the exchange school. The city later gives the fifteenth book its title.

Which famous boy band takes Nikki's group on tour as its opening act in the fourteenth Dork Diaries book?

Bad Boyz are the world-famous headliners, but the dream tour sours when MacKenzie lands a job on it and becomes Nikki's roommate.

MacKenzie Hollister weasels her way onto the band's summer tour in the fourteenth Dork Diaries book in which job?

Social media intern is the post she wangles, and Nikki has a total meltdown on learning that the two of them must share a room.

Which boy, introduced in the tenth Dork Diaries book, went on to star in his own spin-off diary series?

Max Crumbly had been home-schooled by his grandma until middle school, where a bully locks him inside his own locker at the start of a long weekend.

Which honour did Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After win for outstanding literary work for children?

The NAACP Image Award arrived in 2015, and the series has also collected the Milner Award and a Kids' Choice nomination from Nickelodeon.

Besides writing the Dork Diaries books, the series' creator is qualified in which other profession?

Attorney is her other title, but she says tween books beat briefs because pajama pants and bunny slippers are not allowed in federal court.

What kind of artwork does Nikki Maxwell enter in the school art competition in the first Dork Diaries book?

Tattoo art is her entry, and it wins: the avant-garde contest pays out $500, which she decides to save for art camp.

Which best friend of MacKenzie Hollister ruins Nikki's new party dress with a plate of chocolate in Dork Diaries?

Jessica bumps the plate at MacKenzie's own party, and a mortified Nikki leaves without even speaking to Brandon.

What is the name of MacKenzie Hollister's little sister, who is best friends with Brianna Maxwell in Dork Diaries?

Amanda is the younger Hollister, while big sister MacKenzie is the wealthy blue-eyed blonde in top designer clothes.

Nikki Maxwell says her crush on Brandon gives her RCS in Dork Diaries; what do the initials stand for?

Roller Coaster Syndrome is her own diagnosis for the feeling she gets around him, and the second book finds her suffering a relapse.

For the Halloween dance in Dork Diaries book two, Nikki, Chloe and Zoey plan to go dressed as what?

A bag of trash is the look for the dance with her best friends, on a night when she also has a second costume and a kids' party to juggle.