Collects "Big Nate" comic strips that follow the adventures of eleven-year-old Nate Wright.

Sixth grader Nate Wright decides that nobody else is smart enough to understand him when his teachers keep sending him to detention, his friends laugh at his world record attempts, and his dad becomes the neighborhood joke for giving out soy nuts as Halloween treats.

"Whether he's showing the ropes to a detention rookie, campaigning for the Student of the Month Award, or writing hilarious movie reviews for The Weekly Bugle, Nate Wright never fails to make his mark at P.S. 38. But middle school's no bed of roses. In fact, sometimes it just plain stinks. Just ask the Great Nose-ini! Nate's alter ego with a sense for scents can smell trouble a mile away ... or at the very next desk. Was that you, Gina?"--Page 4 of...

"Mild-mannered Mob has never realized that his younger brother Ritsu, who enjoys all the social success that Mob lacks, nurtures a hidden, desperate envy for the thing Mob possesses that he doesn't-- Mob's psychic superpowers. But when Ritsu's own powers awaken at long last, the story turns towards a shocking new direction!"--Provided by publisher.

Is this what middle school is all about? Being stuck in the middle? Twelve-year-old Mia feels like everything and everyone is changing--and she is caught in the middle. Stuck between old friends and new friends...between feeling like a kid and growing up...

Nate and his baseball team, the Cream Puffs, step onto the field determined to prove themselves to opponents who do not take them seriously.

"Olive 'clicks' with everyone in the fifth grade—until one day she doesn't. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups...without her. With the performance drawing closer by the minute, will Olive be able to find her own place in the show before the curtain comes up?"--Back cover.

"You can't win 'em all-- especially when you're slumping sixth-grader Nate Wright. Stuck in a cycle of misfortune, our hero finds an unlikely good luck charm... and suddenly, he can do no wrong! He finds a $20 bill, scores a C+ on his social studies test (nailed it!), and even lands a movie date with the captain of the cheer squad. But the high times can't last forever. Before long, Nate's epic hot streak has gone ice cold, thanks to all-time hair...

Making friends isn't easy, but losing them is even harder! Natalie has never felt that she's enough-- athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought -- now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather...

"Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying,...