Big Nate Strikes Again Bat Bones and Spider Stew
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| Author | Lincoln Peirce |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Lincoln Peirce |
| Country | United states |
| Linguistic communication | English |
| Serial | Large Nate |
| Genre | Comedy Fictional Children'south novel Comic strip |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication engagement | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardcover) |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780062009326 |
| Preceded by | Big Nate: In a Class by Himself |
| Followed past | Big Nate: On a Roll |
Large Nate Strikes Again is a realistic fiction novel past American cartoonist Lincoln Peirce. It is based on the comic strip and the 2d book in the Big Nate novel series. The book was released on October 19, 2010. Information technology is aimed at children aged 8 to 12. It was published by HarperCollins Publishers. The volume has a xiii,928 sale rank.
Plot [edit]
At Nate Wright's school, a board of the students' baby pictures is put upwardly. Nate and his friend Teddy await at the pictures, and subsequently noticing that in his picture, Nate is trying to put a square toy in a circumvolve peg, Teddy teases Nate for being a stupid baby. Nate points out Gina's picture, because he thought it was his crush, Jenny's picture. Nate calls the picture 'cute', merely Gina arrives and ridicules Nate. In Mrs. Godfrey'due south starting time period social studies course, she assigns the students a research paper on a great American effigy, which they will be doing with a randomly drawn partner. While Teddy is paired upwardly with his friend Francis, Nate is partnered with Gina, much to their dismay. Later on Gina tells Nate the historical figure they will be writing about is Benjamin Franklin, Nate discovers that he has been named a team captain in his school'south intramural fleece ball tournament (intramural sports are referred to every bit SPOFFs past the students). After Nate's rival, Randy, discovers that he is a captain likewise and talks smack at Nate, Nate takes Randy to his overfilled locker where he buries Randy in a pile of trash in the locker. Subsequently being disruptive in science class and beingness sent to the library, Nate decides to read books almost Benjamin Franklin for his enquiry project, and becomes very interested in him. After he returns to his scientific discipline form where he receives a lecture from Mr. Galvin, he realizes that he missed the fleece ball helm'southward meeting, where he would accept called team members. Fortunately, Charabanc Calhoun has already written a squad roster in Nate's absence, which included Francis, Teddy, and many good players. However, it besides included Gina, who is not very athletic.
When Nate returns home to call back of a name for his squad, he gets a telephone telephone call from Gina to check on his progress, at which point his dad gets the wrong idea about the two of them, and causing Nate'southward sister Ellen to start bragging about her success in eye school. While Nate went upstairs to come upwardly with a team name, his neighbor's domestic dog, Spitsy, gives him an idea for a team proper noun: 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 go to the library to do research on his product, and Randy getting in trouble with the principal for running in the school. After writing some Ben Franklin comics, Nate goes to Art grade, where he makes a skillful luck charm for his team, reminding him that he forgot to submit the team name. Nate gets to Passenger vehicle Calhoun'southward function every bit apace equally he can, where he learns that Gina had submitted a team name already, the "Kuddle Kittens". At luncheon, Nate plans to get revenge on Gina by dumping egg salad on her, simply he accidentally dumps it on Jenny instead. Afterwards that incident, Nate learns that his team will be playing Artur'southward team, the "Killer Bees" after school. The Kuddle Kittens bear witness themselves to be the superior squad simply withal struggle due to Gina constantly committing errors to the point of ruining Nate'due south final swing, costing them the game. Nate also tried to tell his coach about Gina'southward interference with him, but the bus says that interference could non exist called on a teammate, making his team's loss official.
Two days afterward, Nate is still trying to recover from the loss when Gina come over to work on the projection. After she rejects Nate'due south comics, they become into an argument which leads to them making a bargain: Nate volition let Gina write the report so she tin ensure her A+ grade average is sustained, and Gina will come upward with excuses to get out of playing fleece brawl, so Nate'due south squad tin stand a better chance. They shake hands to seal their deal which Nate'southward 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'due south Almanack", inspired past Ben Franklin's Poor Richard'due south Almanack. The top story is the big projection being due tomorrow, and the current fleece brawl standings, which show that the Kuddle Kittens and the Raptors (atomic number 82 past Randy) are tied with wins and losses and volition compete in the final match, likewise tomorrow. However, Primary Nichols tells Nate that he can't sell his Almanack during school hours and must take downward his stand. As Nate and Teddy move the table, Randy comes running upwardly with a notebook stolen from Chad, and accidentally runs into the table, giving himself a bloody nose. Randy immediately blames Nate, but Ms. Clarke saw what really happened and gives Randy detention, who mutters to Nate that payback time volition come tomorrow.
The next solar day, Gina easily in the Ben Franklin inquiry paper to Mrs. Godfrey, who reveals that she and Nate will receive a failing form due to Gina using unoriginal visual aids, ruining her perfect bookish record. But then Nate shows Mrs. Godfrey his Ben Franklin comics, which she finds delightful for their originality, and their connection to Ben Franklin existence a cartoonist himself. She therefore awards the project an A+, however Gina is furious as she knew the comics she had called garbage are the things that saved her academic record. At the end of the twenty-four hour period, the two fleece ball teams assemble to play the final game, with Gina going through with her part of the deal and sitting out, claiming to have food poisoning. The Kuddle Kittens and the Raptors go dorsum and forth between the atomic number 82 until they are tied at the ninth inning, where Randy tricks Nate into thinking he has an easy out and stomps on Nate'south foot every bit hard as he could while making it expect like an accident. Nate gets benched with a swelling foot, and Gina decides to play in the residuum of the game. Equally Nate predicted, Gina missed the ball on the Raptors' last bat and they and then lead with two points. When it is the Kuddle Kittens' last turn to bat, Francis and Teddy reach the bases with two outs, and Gina is up to bat last. Gina quickly gets two strikes, causing Nate to endeavour to take her identify but 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 in the library, Nate writes about the Kuddle Kittens' victory in the latest edition of Poor Nate'southward Almanack, which Gina dislikes because Nate claimed it was a lucky hitting. They go into a minor argument, which Gina escalates past screaming at Nate about how he never studies. This results in Mrs. Hickson, the librarian, writing Gina the first detention she ever received. Afterward Gina leaves and claims Nate is goose egg like Ben Franklin, Nate disagrees and notes that if Ben Franklin were alive today, the ii of them would go along very well.
Characters [edit]
- Nate Wright - The chief protagonist; a pre-boyish boy, 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 #one best friend, who is known for his over-the-acme intelligent caliber, and Nate oft calls him a geek.
- Marty Wright - Nate'south somewhat clueless father, who plays golf game and is known to make horrible food.
- Artur Pashkov - Jenny's boyfriend, and Nate's arch-rival; a Belarusian commutation student and speaks broken English. In the book, he plays a minor part, as his fleeceball team wins over "Kuddle Kittens."
- Gina Hemphill-Toms - The secondary antagonist as well every bit Nate's arch-nemesis and Ms. Godfrey's favorite student in the form. In the book, she & Nate are assigned to the roles of projection partners (due to Nate'south original partner being absent), and she ruins Nate's fleeceball team by joining and giving them the name: "Kuddle Kittens," angering Nate. In the terminate, she hits a home run, winning the team against the Raptors, and earning herself the Spoffy, a trophy, Nate was planning on winning.
- Randy Betancourt - One of Nate's rivals; the school bully. In the book, he is the primary antagonist; the helm of Nate'due south opponent fleeceball team: the Raptors.
- Mrs. Clara Godfrey - Nate's ultimate nemesis; his social studies teacher at room 213.
- Ellen Wright - Nate'southward eleventh-grade abrasive older sister.
- Jenny Jenkins - Nate'due south love interest and Arthur's girlfriend. In the book, similar her fellow, she plays a minor role, equally 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 - 1 of Nate'south friends. Like the previous book, he plays a modest office, every bit he is on Nate's fleece ball team, and annoys Nate by cheering on Gina on their friction match against the Raptors.
Reception [edit]
Critical reception has been positive, with the School Library Journal writing that the book was "clever and funny".[i] Booklist praised the book's "like shooting fish in a barrel-reading narrative" [2] and Kirkus Reviews chosen the book "A latter-day Peanuts and a kinder, gentler Diary of a Wimpy Kid."[3]
Meet as well [edit]
- Diary of a Wimpy Child
- The Ballsy Tales of Captain Underpants Episodes
References [edit]
- ^ Grades 5 & Up
- ^ Big Nate Strikes Again Booklist
- ^ Big Nate: Strikes Again Kirkus Reviews
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Official site of the serial
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nate:_Strikes_Again
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