Tales From | A Not-so-smart Miss Know-it-all

The narrative begins with a New Year's Eve dare where Nikki and her best friends, Chloe and Zoey, toilet-paper the house of her nemesis, MacKenzie Hollister. MacKenzie uses this as blackmail, threatening to get Nikki expelled unless she provides an invitation to Brandon's birthday party.

Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All (5) Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All

Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All is the fifth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell . Published in 2012, this juvenile fiction novel continues the comedic and relatable chronicle of Nikki Maxwell’s life as she navigates the social hierarchies of WCD Middle School. Plot Summary and Conflict The narrative begins with a New Year's Eve

To keep an eye on MacKenzie—who has started a gossip column—Nikki joins the school newspaper. She unexpectedly becomes the author of the school’s first advice column under the pseudonym "". While she struggles to solve her own complex problems, she finds she is surprisingly adept at helping other students with their dilemmas, ranging from secret baking hobbies to math problems. Character Dynamics Published in 2012, this juvenile fiction novel continues