Double Dork Diaries
by Rachel Renée Russell
Hybrid format · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 520L · 2015
Why we'd hand it over
Hugely popular with 8–10-year-olds for its relatable middle-school chaos and doodles; the humor is repetitive and plot thin, but the self-deprecating protagonist models not taking social failure too seriously.