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|publisher=Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
|date=June 2013
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14711176690857079387</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>B009R6EAB8</amazonus>
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This being the sixth full-length novel to feature Nikki Maxwell and her crush on Brandon, there is little point in doing a summary or resume at great length. They're still at school, and they're still finding being in any kind of friendship both socially awkward and hampered by the presence of the evil Mackenzie, Nikki's cute but catty rival. All you really need to know is this volume covers an entire February, in order – and manages to finish with the Valentine's night school dance. Yes, it has weird circumstances, Nikki getting embarrassed and jealous, and more. But I haven't told you about the greatest surprise yet…
It's was a hardback. Yes, the popular series has managed to cycle through a lot of the pastel shades they could have been dressed in, and settled for a bright red to launch in hardcovers. This change is both major and the only real difference, for everything the fan will expect is here. Now it's in paperback. The cartoons are just as firmly bold as before, the ''OMG''s and smileys are prevalent, and the fun is to be had in quite unsubtle ways.
As for dissecting the plot, it features something that proves a bit clunky, cheesy and awkward, but still manages to pack quite a lot of emotion in with the emoticons. For once there is little attempt at a major set-piece midway through, although there is a comedy make-over early on, and a returning saga of swimming lessons (who knew they were a daily occurrence in the USA? Mind, this is a very WASPish fantasy, with multiple bathrooms springing up in the Maxwell house all of a sudden…).
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