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The next morning, her parents actually showed up for the birthday breakfast. They gave her a tablet, a drone, and a gift certificate for a “curated pony experience.” Penelope smiled her fake smile. She put on a little pink dress. She became the perfect daughter.

“I’d write that I’m scared,” she whispered. “Of being alone. Mom and Dad are always gone. The nannies always leave. You’ll leave too, Miss Fart Cloud.” miss penelope dork diaries

The night before her birthday, I found her in the attic. She had a flashlight and a purple gel pen. She was scribbling furiously. When she finished, she locked the useless lock, shoved the diary behind a loose brick, and came downstairs. The next morning, her parents actually showed up

The Wellington-Calloways, for all their nonsense, have a tradition. In the attic, there is a dusty, pink, faux-leather diary with a little lock that hasn’t worked since 1987. It’s called the Family Story Diary . Every generation, the eldest daughter writes her “most honest truth” in it on the night before her eighth birthday. Then she hides it. And the next girl finds it. She became the perfect daughter

Penelope’s eighth birthday was in three days.