Book Reviews: Praise for DEAR DUMB DIARY: "This series is so much fun -- hilarious and creative -- giving a voice to an average-seeming kid, who knows deep down that she is something special." ~ Indigo Kids. "Benton has a gift for writing Jamie's voice exactly like the girl you'd want sittingnext to you in class, whispering terrible comments." ~ Kids Central Books. "Benton is a genius at expressing a believable preteen girl worldview without silly vernacular or dumbing down to his audience." ~ Kidsread.com. The hilarious and bestselling series from Jim Benton continues! It's not easy being a middle-schooler, and nobody knows that better than Jamie Kelly. There are surprises around every corner: some good, some bad, all dumb. But when Jamie inherits a trunk of her grandmother's things, she never expects to find the biggest surprise of all -- Grandma's diary. Violating the privacy of a diary is something Jamie would never do . . . unless she was absolutely certain that she wanted to do it. And when she does, she learns that, deep down, everyone is exactly the same. Dumb. Jamie still has no idea that anyone is reading her diary, so please, please, please don't tell her. And definitely don't tell her that she's the star of her very own Dear Dumb Diary movie, available on DVD. (Her glamorous ego might not be able to handle it.