Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday
Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday is the 13th Dork Diaries book by Rachel Renée Russell, first published by Aladdin in New York on 16 October 2018. It is Nikki's birthday, and her choices decide whether it goes well. The UK title is Birthday Drama!.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First edition
- Aladdin, 2018
- First published
- Aladdin, New York, 2018
The first edition of Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday by Rachel Renee Russell was published in USA by Aladdin in 2018. We track 1 edition.
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- Editions recorded
- 14 on Open Library, 9 in English
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More by Rachel Renee Russell
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- How To Dork Your Diary2011 · 1 edition
- Tales from a Not-so-talented Pop Star (Dork Diaries #3)2011 · 1 edition
- Pop Star (Dork Diaries)2012 · 1 edition
- Tales From A Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess2012 · 1 edition
- Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All2012 · 2 editions
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Who published the first edition of Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday?
The first edition of Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday by Rachel Renee Russell was published in USA by Aladdin in 2018.
How many editions of Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday are there?
We track 1 edition of Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday, Centre County Library (search.centrecountylibrary.org)
- Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday, Lovereading4kids (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
- Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
- Dork Diaries, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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