The Party (Dear Diary)

By Carrie Randall

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590424769
• ISBN13: 9780590424769
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Apple
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

First Book in the Dear Diary Series

"The Party," the first book in the Dear Diary series, is written in diary form, from 11-year-old Elizabeth "Lizzie" Miletti's point of view, starting on her first day of sixth grade. This year Lizzie wants to be more popular. To do this, she starts hanging around Samantha Howard, a girl both Lizzie and her best friend hate--or, at least, someone Lizzie used to hate. But as Samantha starts helping Lizzie fit in, by first redecorating her bedroom into a garish New Wave style and then persuading her to have a slumber party, Lizzie can't help but suspect that there's a hidden reason for Samantha's sudden niceness. But what's even worse is that Lizzie could possibly lose her best friend because of it.Like a lot of books written in diary form, "The Party" doesn't really read like a diary. For starters, people rarely remember full conversations hours/days after they've happened, enough to write them down word for word in their diary. Still, Lizzie's first-person narrative makes "The Party" appealing to 8 to 12-year-old girls, especially ones who are faced with the same social problems of preadolescence, i.e., popularity and friendships.