Grumpy decides to place all girls under arrest and notify their parents about this, leaving Nikki to imagine the horrors of being MacKenzie's cellmate.

They arrive at the arena and find MacKenzie and her friends Jessica and Jennifer eating at the buffet with their passes that MacKenzie stole. As soon as she gets some privacy and eludes them, she runs into Brandon to talk to him about all that has happened.Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.

In gym class, the gym teacher announces that they'll be spending the month in learning about the martial arts. Inside, she gives Brianna a little "makeover" to give her the appearance of a clown, but actually she looks like having chicken pox. Welcome to Nikki Maxwell's aDORKable world and the mega-selling Dork Diaries series – now with over 50 million copies in print worldwide!Maxwell has the family dress up in his homemade ski suits which consist of yellow hazmat suits he got while garage sailing, much to Nikki's embarrassment. A reality TV crew is following Nikki and her friends as they record their hit song together, plus there are voice lessons, karate practice and family problems. Suddenly, she gets an idea and suggests that Brandon change his entry to being about her winning the ski competition.