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Let's Pretend This Never Happened (Dear Dumb Diary #1): Volume 1

by Jim Benton

Jamie Kelly’s diary of school and family annoyances

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Jamie Kelly’s diary of school and family annoyances

Jamie Kelly’s diary turns everyday school rivalry and an unwanted family visit into comic material. Angeline, whom Jamie sees as the school’s prettiest and most popular girl, is a source of contention, while the impending arrival of Jamie’s little cousin adds another worry to her account. The diary also plays with Jamie’s claim that everything she writes is true—“or at least as true as it needs to be”—giving her narration a knowingly elastic relationship with the facts. Illustrations and kid-friendly humor are part of the series’ presentation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A fit for children ages 9–12 who enjoy humorous fiction.
  • For readers interested in school rivalries and family mishaps told through a diary.

Themes

School rivalryFamily visitsHumorTruth and exaggeration

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Book overview

Take a peek inside the diaries of Jamie Kelly! She's cool (sometimes), nice (mostly), and funny (always). Kid-friendly humor & art, along w/JKBenton's signature style make this series a standout!

 

Read the hilarious, candid (& sometimes mean) diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true...or at least as true as it needs to be. In this book, Jamie contends with Angeline, the school's prettiest, most popular girl (who Jamie thinks is a goon!) and the impending visit of her troll-like little cousin. Will Jamie survive? Will she go mad? Will she send her mom's nasty casserole to starving children in Wheretheheckistan? You'll just have to read the first installment of Dear Dumb Diary to find out!
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