The tenth book of the Dork Diaries series, drama hits the beginning of this book hard!! Nikki and Brandon find a dog and litter of puppies, but can’t keep them at the pet shop until space opens up. In the meantime, Nikki volunteers to care for the dogs against her parents’ wishes. This means that Nikki has to sneak puppies around the house, in the school and principal’s office with disastrous situations around every turn. Once the dogs are taken to a girl scout troop meeting, the dogs are all adopted, including the puppy that Nikki’s family gets to keep. Many illustrations are found throughout the book, making this series enticing to children.