Part of Dork Diaries, book 8
First published 2014
Nikki Maxwell hits her head during gym class on April Fool's Day and tumbles into a bizarre dream world. She finds herself trapped inside classic fairy tales, but nothing goes according to the original stories. Her best friends Chloe and Zoey appear alongside her, while her crush Brandon takes on various fairy tale roles. Even her nemesis Mackenzie shows up to complicate things. Each familiar story gets twisted in unexpected directions as Nikki and her friends navigate enchanted forests, royal courts, and magical predicaments. The fairy tale characters they become face the same social dramas and friendship challenges that fill Nikki's real middle school life. As she moves from one story to the next, Nikki discovers that even in fantasy worlds, being a dork comes with its own special kind of magic.
Genres: fiction, fantasy, contemporary, young-adult
Vibes: thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
320 pages · Hardcover · Aladdin