Reader's Response 32

Big Nate strikes Back                    Completed                                         Read for 1Hrs

              This book is about a sixth grader who is trying to deal with an arch enemy, a crush, and a huge project for which he isn’t prepared for. He breaks his arch enemy’s nose, spills egg salad all over his crush, and is partnered up with a snobby girl for his project. Follow him as he tries to get through 6^th grade year and win a gym championship.

              I read this book because my brother got it and really liked it. The book is very similar to Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, but with new humor and drawings. I would classify this genre as the Elementary-Level-Book-that-Exaggerates-Middle-school-and –makes-fun-of –it. These types of books are getting pretty big. Also, in the book there was a girl that got all 100 in everything and thought she always would. That just makes me angry because that is entirely impossible, due to the fact I have teachers that don’t give a hundreds and when you get to high school there will be AP teachers that feel that if 30% of the people in their class have A’s, then they are not making the class hard enough. ( Trust me I know, my brother has a teacher like this)

          This book is written well and is very clever, with good drawings, comic strips, and a good sweet plot line.

       A good read, 4 Stars.