Dear Dumb Diary, Deluxe

Written and illustrated by Jim Benton

Middle schoolers scheme to get rich with a food idea. Will it succeed?

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224 pages· 20,511 words· Est. 3 hour read· 850L

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Bookroo's summary

Jamie Kelly and her friends at Mackerel Middle School hatch a plan to achieve fame and fortune through a food venture. But can they create something people will actually want to eat? As Jamie's imagination runs wild, the trio faces the challenge of turning their culinary dreams into reality. Will their ambitious idea lead to success, or will it crumble like a cookie? Dive into their hilarious journey and find out if their recipe for riches is a hit or a hilarious miss.

From the publisher

Jamie Kelly is back and dumber than ever in this super-deluxe four-color Dear Dumb Diary special edition!Life at Mackerel Middle School is as dumb as ever – but Jamie Kelly may have finally found the key to fame, fortune, and fabulousness. Together with Isabella and Angeline, she’s come up with a moneymaking idea, and it has to do with food. Everyone likes food! They’re going to be rich!The only problem? They have to come up with something that people actually want to eat.Jamie has some sophisticated thoughts on food, like, She was manipulating us like dough. Like the sweet, delicious dough that we are. And she was baking us into the type of delicious cookies you can only get from dough like us. And she was putting sprinkles of us on top of us, and – forget it. I’m hungry. I want some cookies. This is sure to go well.

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