Big Nate Strikes Again (2010)
Big Nate Strikes Again is a 2010 new york times bestseller book written by Lincoln Peirce.
Nate Wright, self-declared genius and reliable thorn in his teachers' side, hits a rough stretch. A school project chains him to Gina, the classmate he can least stand, under Mrs. Godfrey, the teacher he likes even less. Then Gina lands on his fleeceball team, right as Nate finally has a shot at a championship. Lincoln Peirce, drawing on his long-running comic strip, folds cartoon panels into the story so Nate's schemes and daydreams play out on the page. It reads fast and funny, aimed squarely at anyone who has survived a day of middle school.
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What is Big Nate Strikes Again about?
Nate Wright, self-declared genius and reliable thorn in his teachers' side, hits a rough stretch. A school project chains him to Gina, the classmate he can least stand, under Mrs. Godfrey, the teacher he likes even less. Then Gina lands on his fleeceball team, right as Nate finally has a shot at a championship. Lincoln Peirce, drawing on his long-running comic strip, folds cartoon panels into the story so Nate's schemes and daydreams play out on the page. It reads fast and funny, aimed squarely at anyone who has survived a day of middle school.
When was Big Nate Strikes Again published?
Big Nate Strikes Again was published in 2010.
Who made Big Nate Strikes Again?
Big Nate Strikes Again was written by Lincoln Peirce.
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Fans of Nate's middle-school chaos should try the Diary of a Wimpy Kid films, which share the doodle-driven comedy and the put-upon hero at the center. The animated Big Nate series on Paramount+ brings Lincoln Peirce's cartoon world to the screen with the strip's timing intact, a natural next stop for readers who want to see Nate scheme in motion.
Diary-style comedy about surviving middle school
Big Nate Strikes Again runs on Nate's own voice, doodles and all, complaining his way through Mrs. Godfrey's class and a forced project with Gina. Diary of a Wimpy Kid built its whole format on that same cartoon-diary honesty, the Big Nate TV series carries Nate's schemes to the screen, and Hard Luck and Rowley Jefferson's Journal give the format's other kids their own turn to narrate.
Funny illustrated reads for kids who love a big cast of characters
Lincoln Peirce fills Big Nate Strikes Again with a packed cast of teachers, rivals and teammates rendered in his own cartoon style. Out From Boneville does the same worldbuilding through comics rather than prose, Pepper&Carrot follows a young apprentice through scrapes played for laughs, Sabrina the Teenage Witch keeps its tone light despite the supernatural stakes, and Giant Days turns an ensemble's daily chaos into comedy.