Dork Diaries: TV Star (Volume 7)

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Nikki is becoming so exhausted from her busy schedule that she suddenly nods off before finish this entry. With a HUGE global fanbase, Dork Diaries is the perfect series for fans of Lottie Brooks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Today is Nikki's mom's birthday, and the camera crew records this annual occasion. Nikki gives her mom breakfast in bed with pancakes she cooked herself. Of course, she had to learn how to make them and do it right first. Nikki's schedule is getting a little bit overbearing for her. She works at the recording studio and forgets about meeting Brandon at Fuzzy Friends. She arrives just as he's about to leave and finds out he's entering a scholarship competition for the Westchester Herald and wants to Nikki to be his subject. It has to be in by March 29, the day the band is going to Swanky Hill Ski Resort for their big listening party. Nikki agrees and promises not to forget. They will meet at the library on Monday. They end their day by playing with some new puppies. During Spring Break, Nikki is still overjoyed from her time at the Sweetheart Dance and gets a call from Trevor Chase.

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Nikki works out her schedule and tries to talk to Brandon about how they've been since the dance, only for the show's crew to butt in. Brandon has something to tell her, but he can't with the crew listening in, so he plans to wait until they're alone, leaving Nikki beyond curious. Nikki realizes she forgot to meet Brandon at the library yesterday due to the auditions. She also has a math quiz, which she manages to pass. She apologizes to Brandon for missing their get-together and he forgives her. They reschedule their library session for Thursday. Nikki is juggling a lot this month. A reality TV crew is following Nikki and her friends as they record their hit song together, plus there are voice lessons, karate practice and family problems. Nikki’s sure she can handle everything, but will all the excitement cause new problems for Nikki and Brandon, now that cameras are everywhere Nikki goes? In the book, Nikki also joins the schools karate class, which has a karate teacher who is rather mean to the class and eats the entire lessons. Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide! Nikki gets more worried about Brandon and his scholarship entry, fearing he might have to transfer schools if he fails. Meanwhile, in martial arts class, the Hawk, wearing a bandage around his head from Nikki's punch, informs everyone that they will be taking a quiz on the arts. Nikki flunks it.

The students meet their martial arts instructor, Rodney Hawkins, AKA the Hawk. He seems to be a little out of shape and practice. And for some reason, he pulls out a lot of food from out of nowhere. He eats on as his students follow his instructions. After school, the first episode of Nikki's new show premieres and everyone enjoys it. Today is the last day of Nikki's martial arts class, much to her delight. The Hawk gives them a test of knowledge on all they had learned throughout his class. This time, Nikki is ready and passes it with a perfect score. He then instructs them to practice their moves for half an hour straight. As time ends, the class is rewarded their belts. Nikki and her friends get decorative yellow belts labelled "MOST IMPROVED". Thus, their martial arts program comes to an end.

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Just as the chief is making the calls to the girls' parents (and Nikki imagines her parents going to jail with her and Brianna being home alone), Trevor arrives to see what's going on. Everyone tries to tell their side of the story all at once until Trevor breaks it up and asks who's responsible. Everyone except Chloe and Zoey points to Nikki for this. She apologizes and Trevor recognizes her and believes it was all a publicity stunt by Blaine. Everything is all cleared up and, Blaine lets the girls keep the outfits he made for them, and Trevor announces he has a new project in store and will have a lunch at Queasy Cheesy with Nikki's band, Actually, I'm Not Really Sure Yet. In the end, all worked out well. Nikki and her friends were spotted at their school talent show, and now a reality TV crew is following her as she heads for pop stardom. SQUEEE! Don’t miss out! I LOVE PARIS, the brand new DORK DIARIES, is out now! Have you read all the DORK DIARIES series?