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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Diary of a tween girl: All I want for Christmas is Drama. A Funny Illustrated Story About Family, First Crushes & Holiday Chaos for Girls Ages 9-13

Diary of a tween girl: All I want for Christmas is Drama. A Funny Illustrated Story About Family, First Crushes & Holiday Chaos for Girls Ages 9-13

Lahmi, Vanessa

Paperback

Young Adult Fiction

ISBN13: 9798171366889
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 2 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Her plan was a perfect Christmas. What she got was a cat, a fake tree, and a sweater that nearly took out the whole school.Meet Ava, thirteen and a half, and officially obsessed with Christmas. This year is going to be different. This year is going to be perfect. Ava has a playlist, a plan, and a mug of hot cocoa with exactly the right number of marshmallows. Nothing can go wrong. Everything goes wrong. What actually happens in December:
  • The tree collapses. Twice. The second time is the cat's fault.
  • Somebody eats the December 3rd chocolate out of her Advent calendar. Ava opens an investigation. There will be revenge, and it will involve 99% dark chocolate.
  • Her ugly Christmas sweater short-circuits in the middle of the school hallway and turns the place into a nightclub for panicking reindeer.
  • She sets a pot of hot cocoa to maximum heat. It erupts. On a sixth grader.
  • She complains out loud about her crush. Next to a live microphone. Connected to every speaker in the courtyard.
  • And somewhere between the flying mashed potatoes and the flour explosion, she finds a tin box that belonged to her grandmother.
Have you ever answered hey with sorry? Wrapped yourself in a string of lights and had to be rescued? Wanted a Christmas so perfect that the pressure ruined it? Then you already know Ava, and you are going to love her. A holiday story that is genuinely funny, and quietly touching. Underneath the disasters, this is a book about what actually makes a Christmas worth remembering: a lopsided tree, a brother who steals your chocolate and then shares it, a grandmother's handwritten cookie recipe, and a family that laughs when everything falls apart. Ava learns that perfect was never the point. The chapter parents keep mentioning. Halfway through the book, Ava finds a dented tin box at the back of a closet with one word on the lid: Christmases Past. Inside are old photographs, a worn red ribbon, a butter-stained recipe card for her grandmother's snowball cookies, and a letter addressed to her. What follows is the quietest chapter in the book and the one readers remember. It handles loss the way kids actually experience it: sideways, in the middle of an ordinary afternoon, with flour on your hands. Inside this diary:
  • Nine chapters of holiday chaos, told in Ava's honest, hilarious, self-deprecating voice
  • Dozens of illustrations throughout
  • Short chapters and big-hearted humor, perfect for reluctant readers
  • Completely clean content parents can hand over without reading first
  • A first crush handled with a light touch: awkward, sweet, and entirely age-appropriate
Perfect for: girls ages 9 to 13, holiday gift-giving, stockings, Advent calendars, classroom read-alouds, long car rides to grandma's house, and anyone who has ever wanted the holidays to be magical and gotten a mess instead. A warm, funny, illustrated holiday read that works just as well out loud on the couch as it does under a blanket with a flashlight. If your reader devours illustrated diary-style fiction, this one belongs on their shelf. Also in the collection:
  • Diary of a Totally Awesome Teenager
  • Diary of a Girl Who's Way Too Hooked
  • Diary of a Highly Sensitive Teenager
  • Diary of a Girl with Way Too Many Crushes
Each one stands completely on its own. Start anywhere. Scroll up and grab a copy. The tree is already falling over.

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