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| Author | Lincoln Peirce |
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| Illustrator | Lincoln Peirce |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Big Nate |
| Genre | Comedy Fictional Children'due south novel Comic strip |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication appointment | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Media type | Impress (Paperback and Hardcover) |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780062009326 |
| Preceded by | Big Nate: In a Grade by Himself |
| Followed by | Large Nate: On a Roll |
Big Nate Strikes Again is a realistic fiction novel by American cartoonist Lincoln Peirce. It is based on the comic strip and the second book in the Big Nate novel series. The book was released on October xix, 2010. It is aimed at children aged eight to 12. It was published by HarperCollins Publishers. The book has a 13,928 sale rank.
Plot [edit]
At Nate Wright's school, a board of the students' baby pictures is put upwards. Nate and his friend Teddy look at the pictures, and after noticing that in his picture, Nate is trying to put a square toy in a circle peg, Teddy teases Nate for existence a stupid baby. Nate points out Gina's picture, because he idea information technology was his beat, Jenny'due south picture. Nate calls the motion picture 'beautiful', but Gina arrives and ridicules Nate. In Mrs. Godfrey'south starting time period social studies class, she assigns the students a research newspaper on a great American figure, which they will exist doing with a randomly fatigued partner. While Teddy is paired up with his friend Francis, Nate is partnered with Gina, much to their dismay. After Gina tells Nate the historical figure they will exist writing most is Benjamin Franklin, Nate discovers that he has been named a team captain in his school's intramural fleece ball tournament (intramural sports are referred to as SPOFFs by the students). Later Nate's rival, Randy, discovers that he is a captain also and talks smack at Nate, Nate takes Randy to his overfilled locker where he buries Randy in a pile of trash in the locker. Afterwards being disruptive in science class and beingness sent to the library, Nate decides to read books about Benjamin Franklin for his research projection, and becomes very interested in him. Afterwards he returns to his scientific discipline class where he receives a lecture from Mr. Galvin, he realizes that he missed the fleece ball captain's meeting, where he would have chosen team members. Fortunately, Passenger vehicle Calhoun has already written a squad roster in Nate'due south absenteeism, which included Francis, Teddy, and many good players. Nevertheless, information technology also included Gina, who is non very able-bodied.
When Nate returns home to think of a name for his team, he gets a phone call from Gina to cheque on his progress, at which point his dad gets the wrong idea about the two of them, and causing Nate'southward sis Ellen to kickoff bragging about her success in center school. While Nate went upstairs to come up with a team proper noun, his neighbor'due south dog, Spitsy, gives him an idea for a team proper name: the "Psycho Dogs". When Nate arrives at school, Randy chases him to get revenge on Nate's locker trick the other day, resulting in Nate getting to become to the library to do research on his product, and Randy getting in trouble with the master for running in the school. Subsequently writing some Ben Franklin comics, Nate goes to Art class, where he makes a good luck charm for his team, reminding him that he forgot to submit the team name. Nate gets to Bus Calhoun'southward office every bit quickly as he can, where he learns that Gina had submitted a team name already, the "Kuddle Kittens". At tiffin, Nate plans to go revenge on Gina by dumping egg salad on her, but he accidentally dumps it on Jenny instead. Afterwards that incident, Nate learns that his team will be playing Artur'south squad, the "Killer Bees" after schoolhouse. The Kuddle Kittens testify themselves to exist the superior team but still struggle due to Gina constantly committing errors to the indicate of ruining Nate's final swing, costing them the game. Nate also tried to tell his coach about Gina's interference with him, just the jitney says that interference could not exist called on a teammate, making his team'southward loss official.
2 days afterwards, Nate is still trying to recover from the loss when Gina come up over to piece of work on the project. Afterward she rejects Nate's comics, they go into an argument which leads to them making a bargain: Nate will allow Gina write the report so she can ensure her A+ form average is sustained, and Gina will come up up with excuses to go out of playing fleece brawl, so Nate's team tin stand a ameliorate chance. They milk shake hands to seal their deal which Nate's dad sees, further convincing him of their fictional relationship. The day earlier the project is due and the final fleece ball game is held, Nate begins to sell copies of "Poor Nate'south Almanack", inspired past Ben Franklin'due south Poor Richard's Almanack. The top story is the big project being due tomorrow, and the current fleece ball standings, which show that the Kuddle Kittens and the Raptors (lead by Randy) are tied with wins and losses and will compete in the concluding match, also tomorrow. Notwithstanding, Master Nichols tells Nate that he can't sell his Almanack during school hours and must accept down his stand up. As Nate and Teddy move the tabular array, Randy comes running upwards with a notebook stolen from Chad, and accidentally runs into the table, giving himself a encarmine nose. Randy immediately blames Nate, but Ms. Clarke saw what actually happened and gives Randy detention, who mutters to Nate that payback time will come up tomorrow.
The next day, Gina easily in the Ben Franklin research paper to Mrs. Godfrey, who reveals that she and Nate will receive a failing class due to Gina using unoriginal visual aids, ruining her perfect academic tape. Only so Nate shows Mrs. Godfrey his Ben Franklin comics, which she finds delightful for their originality, and their connection to Ben Franklin beingness a cartoonist himself. She therefore awards the project an A+, even so Gina is furious every bit she knew the comics she had chosen garbage are the things that saved her academic record. At the end of the 24-hour interval, the two fleece ball teams assemble to play the final game, with Gina going through with her office of the deal and sitting out, claiming to have nutrient poisoning. The Kuddle Kittens and the Raptors go back and forth between the atomic number 82 until they are tied at the ninth inning, where Randy tricks Nate into thinking he has an like shooting fish in a barrel out and stomps on Nate'south human foot every bit difficult equally he could while making it look like an accident. Nate gets benched with a swelling foot, and Gina decides to play in the balance of the game. Every bit Nate predicted, Gina missed the ball on the Raptors' last bat and they then lead with two points. When it is the Kuddle Kittens' last turn to bat, Francis and Teddy reach the bases with ii outs, and Gina is up to bat last. Gina quickly gets two strikes, causing Nate to try to have her place only Gina remains out, and hits the last throw, resulting in a home run. Coach Calhoun declares the Kuddle Kittens the winners and gives the Spoffy (the trophy awarded at the end of SPOFFs) to Gina instead of Nate. Later on in the library, Nate writes about the Kuddle Kittens' victory in the latest edition of Poor Nate's Almanack, which Gina dislikes considering Nate claimed it was a lucky hit. They become into a minor argument, which Gina escalates past screaming at Nate most how he never studies. This results in Mrs. Hickson, the librarian, writing Gina the first detention she e'er received. After Gina leaves and claims Nate is null similar Ben Franklin, Nate disagrees and notes that if Ben Franklin were alive today, the two of them would get along very well.
Characters [edit]
- Nate Wright - The main protagonist; a pre-adolescent male child, known for his large ego and sarcasm.
- Teddy Ortiz - Nate's #1A all-time friend, who is a jokester and known for his skill at Yo mama jokes.
- Francis Pope - Nate's #1 best friend, who is known for his over-the-pinnacle intelligent quotient, and Nate ofttimes calls him a geek.
- Marty Wright - Nate's somewhat clueless male parent, who plays golf and is known to brand horrible food.
- Artur Pashkov - Jenny's boyfriend, and Nate's arch-rival; a Belorussian substitution pupil and speaks cleaved English. In the book, he plays a minor role, as his fleeceball team wins over "Kuddle Kittens."
- Gina Hemphill-Toms - The secondary antagonist likewise every bit Nate's arch-nemesis and Ms. Godfrey's favorite student in the course. In the book, she & Nate are assigned to the roles of project partners (due to Nate'south original partner being absent), and she ruins Nate's fleeceball squad by joining and giving them the name: "Kuddle Kittens," angering Nate. In the end, she hits a home run, winning the squad against the Raptors, and earning herself the Spoffy, a trophy, Nate was planning on winning.
- Randy Betancourt - Ane of Nate's rivals; the school groovy. In the book, he is the primary adversary; the captain of Nate's opponent fleeceball team: the Raptors.
- Mrs. Clara Godfrey - Nate'due south ultimate nemesis; his social studies teacher at room 213.
- Ellen Wright - Nate's eleventh-grade annoying older sis.
- Jenny Jenkins - Nate's love interest and Arthur's girlfriend. In the book, similar her swain, she plays a pocket-size role, as she is assigned project partners with Arthur, and Nate accidentally dumps egg salad all over her (he originally meant to do it to Gina).
- Chad Applewhite - One of Nate's friends. Like the previous book, he plays a minor role, as he is on Nate'south fleece ball team, and annoys Nate past cheering on Gina on their match against the Raptors.
Reception [edit]
Critical reception has been positive, with the School Library Periodical writing that the book was "clever and funny".[1] Booklist praised the book'south "easy-reading narrative" [2] and Kirkus Reviews chosen the book "A latter-day Peanuts and a kinder, gentler Diary of a Wimpy Child."[three]
Come across also [edit]
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- The Epic Tales of Helm Underpants Episodes
References [edit]
- ^ Grades 5 & Up
- ^ Big Nate Strikes Once more Booklist
- ^ Big Nate: Strikes Again Kirkus Reviews
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Official site of the series
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nate:_Strikes_Again