Then came the sound. A sound more terrifying than a pop quiz on fractions.
Before anyone could stop her, Nikki drew a quick, terrible doodle on the whiteboard. It was a princess in a sparkly crown, but with giant buck teeth and a unibrow. Underneath, she wrote: “MacKenzie’s New Year’s Resolution: Find a personality that isn’t just her phone case.” dork diaries books new
For the next forty-eight minutes, the world ceased to exist. Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey huddled in their corner table, devouring chapter after chapter. MacKenzie Hollister, who normally patrolled the library like a perfume-soaked shark, was too busy facetiously ‘studying’ by the window to notice. Then came the sound
Nikki could barely form words. “The ‘New Books’ cart. It was just… sitting there. Next to a book about fungi.” It was a princess in a sparkly crown,