Synopsis

Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess follows Nikki Maxwell as she tackles one of her biggest challenges yet—ice skating. When school events and social drama collide on the ice rink, Nikki finds herself juggling embarrassment, friendships, crushes, and her ongoing rivalry with Mackenzie. Told through Nikki’s diary entries filled with doodles, humor, and honesty, the story captures the ups and downs of middle school life with charm and relatability. Lighthearted and funny, it celebrates resilience, friendship, and learning to laugh at yourself when things don’t go as planned.

About the Author

Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures of middle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. With humor and wit, Rachel's books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries series has been translated into fifty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books.

With more than fifty-five million books in print, the series has garnered such honors as two Kids' Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children's Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Book of the Year nomination. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids' Book Choice Award. Her daughter, Nikki Russell, is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released twenty-one consecutive New York Times bestsellers.