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Monday, February 20, 2023

Its MMGM with a review of Big Nate: Nailed It! by Lincoln Peirce




Big Nate: Nailed it! by Lincoln Peirce
Publisher:
  Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format:  E-ARC
Number of pages:  176
Publishing:  February 28th, 2023
Source: Publisher in exchange for an honest review.   

The Big Nate series debuted in 1991 and has spun off into Graphic Novels, Comics and currently they've been adapted into an animated series showing on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.   Peirce's latest book, Big Nate: Nailed It! is the twenty-eighth book in the series.

I think the Big Nate series is the kind of story that will appeal to middle grade readers, and especially to fans of Peirce's other books.  It's packed with humor and the school setting lends itself to the problems that Nate tends to find himself in.  There are short story arcs of Nate playing mud football, lounging on the couch with a friend, and longer ones where Nate is in search of a good luck charm and landing himself in detention.  The full color artwork and little black and white illustrations that Nate draws follow Peirce's original style.   I even like the speech bubbles, they're fun and silly.  There's a little sly adult humor thrown in (the Erotic book comment, and the not being able to have grandchildren joke) but nothing too over the top.  So, this will be a perfect fit for a reluctant reader looking for something humorous to read.  Something in the vein of The Terrible Two series by Mac Barnett.  

  **A huge thank you to Andrews McMeel Publishing for the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review. ** 

I hope you'll check all the other Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday posts at Greg Pattridge’s blog HERE.   

5 comments:

  1. Great to see books for reluctant readers. This sounds a fun one, and hopefully helps the reluctant reader become an avid one! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Such a great series for middle grade students -- especially reluctant readers. I've notice a lot of older books are being adapted as graphis novels. Kids love humor, so this will be popular. Sounds like a fun plot. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I'm glad you liked this one. I'll be doing a review early next month. Happy MMGM!

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  4. I have one student who will ONLY read Wimpy Kid and Big Nate, which is so frustrating! I enjoy Big Nate a lot more than Kinney's work, but I can't imagine reading nothing else! I'm glad the digital newspaper still publishes the daily strip.

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  5. I haven't read a Big Nate book in a while, but I always enjoy them. I know they get kids to read, and that makes them great books in my eyes. I'll try to check this one out. Thanks for your review.

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