Big Nate Blasts Off (Big Nate, Book 8)

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The 8th title in the New York Times bestselling Big Nate series! With a new crush, and the annual Mud Bowl coming up, can Nate make a good impression without slipping up
With more detentions than he can count, Nate is in DEEP in Big Nate Blasts Off!

When Nate submits a mocking cartoon of Randy Betancourt winner of PS 38s most likely to mop the floor with someone elses face award to the school paper, tensions between the two are on the rise. After Randy jumps Nate the boys are caught in a fight by the Principle and forced to undergo joint peer counselling sessions run by Nates arch-enemy: teachers pet Gina!

And as if that wasnt enough to deal with the Mud Bowl an annual ultimate Frisbee game against P.S. 38s biggest rivals: Jefferson Middle School is coming up. Will Nate be the star of the team, or a total bomb

And can he keep his crush on new-girl Ruby a secret, or will someone spill the beans

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"Lincoln Peirce is one of my cartooning heroes, and BIG NATE ranks as a comics classic. Year in and year out, Big Nate is among the best comics on the funny page." Jeff Kinney

Author Bio

Lincoln Peirce began creating comics in the 6th grade (just like Big Nate!). He went on to teach art at a New York City High School. Lincoln created the cartoon-strip character Big Nate in 1991, naming the character after a nickname he gave his older brother as a kid. He lives in Portland, Maine in the US and as well as creating Big Nate comic strips and books, he hosts a local radio show.