Dear Dumb Diary

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Language English Author Jim Benton Publisher Scholastic Corporation Media type Paperback		Published 2004-present Genre Children's literature Country United States of America

Books Let's pretend this never, My pants are haunted, Am I the princess or the frog?, Never Do Anything - Ever, Can Adults Become Human

Dear Dumb Diary is a series of children's novels by Jim Benton. Each book is written in the first person view of a middle school girl named Jamie Kelly. The series is published by Scholastic in English and Random House in Korean. Film rights to the series have been optioned by the Gotham Group.

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Reception

Critical reception for the series has been mixed to positive, with Publishers Weekly writing that the lead character "makes the occasional funny observation, more often her stabs at humor miss their mark or are so protracted that the comic moment fizzles". A reviewer for the Indian Express compared My Pants are Haunted! to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, saying that fans of Wimpy Kid would like the series.

Year One

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1. Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2004)

2. My Pants Are Haunted! (2004)

3. Am I the Princess or the Frog? (2005)

4. Never Do Anything, Ever (2005)

5. Can Adults Become Human? (2006)

6. The Problem With Here Is That It's Where I'm From (2007)

7. Never Underestimate Your Dumbness (2008)

8. It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (2009)

9. That's What Friends Aren't For (2010)

10. The Worst Things In Life Are Also Free (2010)

11. Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers (2011)

12. Me! (Just Like You, Only Better) (2011)

Year Two

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1. School. Hasn't This Gone Long Enough? (2012)

2. The Super-Nice Are Super-Annoying (2012)

3. Nobody's Perfect. I'm As Close As It Gets (2013)

4. What I Don't Know Might Hurt Me (2013)

5. You Can Bet on That (2014)

6. Live Each Day to the Dumbest (2015)

Movie

See: Dear Dumb Diary (film)

A film version had been filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah, starring Emily Alyn Lind and Mary-Charles Jones.

The movie premiered on Hallmark Channel on September 6, 2013 and is now on Netflix and other streaming services.

References

Dear Dumb Diary Wikipedia

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