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Big Nate Graphic Novels #21
Big Nate: Hug It Out
In this brand-new collection of comics from the New York Times bestselling series Big Nate, everyone's favorite sixth-grade prankster is back for more hilarious misadventures — and even a little romance!
In this latest collection of Big Nate comics, sixth-grade prankster Nate Wright seeks heroics on the soccer field, writes for the school newspaper, and gets mixed up in all kinds of mischief with his best friends and classmates. When he finds himself in the singles line for the ferris wheel, an unexpected seatmate just might turn into an intriguing new love interest — that is, if he can find her again. Join Nate and the gang for another good time of hilarious Big Nate adventures!
In this latest collection of Big Nate comics, sixth-grade prankster Nate Wright seeks heroics on the soccer field, writes for the school newspaper, and gets mixed up in all kinds of mischief with his best friends and classmates. When he finds himself in the singles line for the ferris wheel, an unexpected seatmate just might turn into an intriguing new love interest — that is, if he can find her again. Join Nate and the gang for another good time of hilarious Big Nate adventures!
176 pages, Paperback
Published September 3, 2019
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About the author
Lincoln Peirce
259 books1,111 followersLincoln Peirce is a cartoon artist from Portland, Maine. He lives with his wife and two children, and occasionally gives lectures to students about cartoon creating. Peirce writes the comic strip "Big Nate". Peirce's comic strip, Big Nate, is featured as an island on the famous children's website, Poptropica. Big Nate appears as the first cartoon on The Maine Sunday Telegram in the comics section.
He studied art at Colby College in Maine were he began cartooning. He also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture before teaching art and coaching basketball at a New York highschool for 3 years. He currently plays hockey with "an old men's league" and describes it as his best sport as a child. In an interview with the Washington Post, Peirce stated that his last name is pronounced "purse" and is not a misspelling of "pierce."
Lincoln Peirce was a member of the "Surviving as a Print Cartoonist" Panel at the Maine Comics Art Festival with fellow cartoonists Corey Pandolph (Barkeater Lake, Toby: Robot Satan, The Elderberries), Norm Feuri (Retail, Gill) and with Mike Lynch moderating. On the panel Lincoln revealed he is currently working with some animation and licensing projects including the addition of a Big Nate island to the online game Poptropica.
He studied art at Colby College in Maine were he began cartooning. He also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture before teaching art and coaching basketball at a New York highschool for 3 years. He currently plays hockey with "an old men's league" and describes it as his best sport as a child. In an interview with the Washington Post, Peirce stated that his last name is pronounced "purse" and is not a misspelling of "pierce."
Lincoln Peirce was a member of the "Surviving as a Print Cartoonist" Panel at the Maine Comics Art Festival with fellow cartoonists Corey Pandolph (Barkeater Lake, Toby: Robot Satan, The Elderberries), Norm Feuri (Retail, Gill) and with Mike Lynch moderating. On the panel Lincoln revealed he is currently working with some animation and licensing projects including the addition of a Big Nate island to the online game Poptropica.
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August 17, 2019
*thank you to Netgalley, Andrews McMeel Publishing and Lincoln Peirce for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
4 stars.
I have never read a Nate book before but I really enjoyed this. It's light enough for younger children to get but also enjoyable enough for adults, who are a child at heart, to get a few giggles out of. My favourite characters were the Grandparents. They got the most laughs from me. I would definitely pick up another book in this series.
4 stars.
I have never read a Nate book before but I really enjoyed this. It's light enough for younger children to get but also enjoyable enough for adults, who are a child at heart, to get a few giggles out of. My favourite characters were the Grandparents. They got the most laughs from me. I would definitely pick up another book in this series.
October 18, 2020
Series is getting a bit repetitive with the plot line, but still, a great, engaging read. I would recommend it to tweens, but people of all ages would enjoy it!
June 7, 2019
Funny little cartoons. In the vibes of Peanuts and Garfield. Mostly one page comic, not much for an adult reader, so I didn’t personally enjoy it much, but I know that I was not the targeted reader and I also know that this was the kind of comic I would have like and laugh while reading as a kid. Good and funny for children!
June 8, 2019
Never a dull moment with Nate and his crazy gang is around....
April 12, 2022
Lowkey pretty funny and brutal at times 😭😭
December 1, 2019
My 12 year old son loves these books. I let him read this copy as this was geared towards his age range. He adored this book. He finished it one evening and read it about 3 times. I knew each time he was reading it because he would be laughing. We are a big fan of the Big Nate series and will be buying the hard copy version to add to our collection.
Special thank you Lincoln Peirce for another fun and whimsical graphic novel. We can't wait until the next one! My son said he wishes they came out more often, and I agree!
As a parent who is an avid reader, I feel that it's extremely important to encourage children to read. Boys in particular seem to have a harder time finding the love and joy of reading. I am grateful for series like this that create that passion and '"can't put this book down" moments. In a world of video games and youtube it seems harder to get kids to not only read, but to truly love it. When my son gets his hands on Big Nate all of those things disappear and he becomes completely consumed and can't put the books down.
Thank you Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Special thank you Lincoln Peirce for another fun and whimsical graphic novel. We can't wait until the next one! My son said he wishes they came out more often, and I agree!
As a parent who is an avid reader, I feel that it's extremely important to encourage children to read. Boys in particular seem to have a harder time finding the love and joy of reading. I am grateful for series like this that create that passion and '"can't put this book down" moments. In a world of video games and youtube it seems harder to get kids to not only read, but to truly love it. When my son gets his hands on Big Nate all of those things disappear and he becomes completely consumed and can't put the books down.
Thank you Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
August 17, 2019
3.5 stars
Ha! Whenever I get into intense reading, it's always nice to break it up with a little bit of levity and fluff. Yes, Big Nate is totally a Children's/Middle School book, but as juvenile as it can be, it's also funny and the drawings are entertaining. My younger daughter used to read this all the time, so this brought back memories. I had forgotten his Grandfather was basically an older version of Nate (ha!) and as a teacher, I chuckled knowing this was the type of student that would drive you crazy, but you still liked him, as long as you could keep a sense of humor. If you've ever read and enjoyed Big Nate, you'll like this one. For me, it was a nice break from the more serious reading I've been doing lately.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Ha! Whenever I get into intense reading, it's always nice to break it up with a little bit of levity and fluff. Yes, Big Nate is totally a Children's/Middle School book, but as juvenile as it can be, it's also funny and the drawings are entertaining. My younger daughter used to read this all the time, so this brought back memories. I had forgotten his Grandfather was basically an older version of Nate (ha!) and as a teacher, I chuckled knowing this was the type of student that would drive you crazy, but you still liked him, as long as you could keep a sense of humor. If you've ever read and enjoyed Big Nate, you'll like this one. For me, it was a nice break from the more serious reading I've been doing lately.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
November 17, 2019
MY THOUGHTS:
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
Once again, Lincoln Peirce nails it! Everything outlined in this book perfectly depicts the crushes, icky, gross love interests of kids at this age and Peirce does this with fantastic humor that is fun, zany and often reminiscent of times for adults when they were this age. Young readers will love to relate to Nate and his friends. I wouldn’t limit this book to just kids though, there’s an appeal to it for adults!
I loved so many strips in the book, like summer school fears, new kids at school, summer hijinks… Nate is loveable because he’s relatable, in a fun often-times silly way. It’s great reading aimed at making you laugh. I love Nate!
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
Once again, Lincoln Peirce nails it! Everything outlined in this book perfectly depicts the crushes, icky, gross love interests of kids at this age and Peirce does this with fantastic humor that is fun, zany and often reminiscent of times for adults when they were this age. Young readers will love to relate to Nate and his friends. I wouldn’t limit this book to just kids though, there’s an appeal to it for adults!
I loved so many strips in the book, like summer school fears, new kids at school, summer hijinks… Nate is loveable because he’s relatable, in a fun often-times silly way. It’s great reading aimed at making you laugh. I love Nate!
July 17, 2019
Received via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review
As obnoxious as Nate is in these books, there is such a charm to reading them. He never quite gets away with what he's trying to pull, and his friends are always there to call him out.
The star of this book, though, is Sherman the gerbil. His internal monologues in the beginning and middle of this book were something I could've read all book long.
Also
I am that friend.
As obnoxious as Nate is in these books, there is such a charm to reading them. He never quite gets away with what he's trying to pull, and his friends are always there to call him out.
The star of this book, though, is Sherman the gerbil. His internal monologues in the beginning and middle of this book were something I could've read all book long.
Also
I am that friend.
June 5, 2024
Solid. Wish Nate found his crush at the fair though
March 17, 2020
Really nice book love big mate have a few of my own and love it.
November 11, 2019
My students insisted that the Big Nate series is a must for any graphic novel collection. Kids relate to the perspective of Nate, both the outrageous and funny. It reminds me of how I loved Dennis the Menace in the newspaper comics when I was a kid.
August 26, 2019
This book was received as an ARC from Andrews McMeel Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.
Big Nate is very popular in our library and we are always asked when the new book will be out and what will happen to Nate next. In this book, Nate runs into a mystery girl in the amusement park and then after he rides the ride with her, she disappears. Later at school Nate is forced to work on a project with his arch nemesis Gina and his friends say the best way to get through all this is just simply Hug It Out! The drawings and dialogue as always are brilliantly done and wittingly clever and I know our young readers will love this next Big Nate segment.
We will consider adding this title to our JGraphic Novel collection at the library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.
Big Nate is very popular in our library and we are always asked when the new book will be out and what will happen to Nate next. In this book, Nate runs into a mystery girl in the amusement park and then after he rides the ride with her, she disappears. Later at school Nate is forced to work on a project with his arch nemesis Gina and his friends say the best way to get through all this is just simply Hug It Out! The drawings and dialogue as always are brilliantly done and wittingly clever and I know our young readers will love this next Big Nate segment.
We will consider adding this title to our JGraphic Novel collection at the library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.
September 24, 2019
"Big Nate: Hug It Out!" by Lincoln Peirce is a humorous graphic novel for kids between the ages of 7 and 12 years old. The stories mostly revolve around school "issues" the characters deal with in elementary and middle school. It was an amusing story that engaged my 8-year-old daughter, while I found the story to be too immature to enjoy personally.
I received this eBook free of charge from Andrews McMeel Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I did not receive any fiscal compensation from either company for this review and the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.
I received this eBook free of charge from Andrews McMeel Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I did not receive any fiscal compensation from either company for this review and the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.
December 31, 2020
My students love Big Nate but the more I read them, the more I find them inappropriate for kids (elementary school). Nate has a bad attitude, characters are often calling each other names, and there is definitely some adult humor.
There were some funny moments in this book but mostly i just kept thinking “Is this over yet?”
There were some funny moments in this book but mostly i just kept thinking “Is this over yet?”
September 28, 2021
Nate Wright is back with high-jinks and laugh out loud silliness as he spends time with his grand parents, best friends in and out of school, and his biggest task to date; find the mysterious girl he rode with on the flamethrower at the summer carnival. All in all these comics from March 15, 2015 through September 13, 2015 are still enjoyable to old and new fans alike.
June 7, 2019
Again, a delight to read! My household loves Big Nate and his crazy hair. It was hilarious when he wanted to sue the school when he fell!
Thank you NetGalley!
Thank you NetGalley!
September 20, 2019
It was a good book. Funny and interesting
November 8, 2019
always love a new big nate
January 7, 2022
*3.5 stars*
Yes, I read the book I gave my brother for Christmas.
Yes, I read the book I gave my brother for Christmas.
April 24, 2020
Lincoln Peirce is a talent from my hometown area, but Big Nate only ever appeared in the local area for a brief span twenty years ago. I always liked it, anyway, when I could find it, and I was happy for Peirce when he was able to capitalize on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series to have his material repackaged for the same market.
These strips are from the summer of 2015. As it happens, I bought this and the next volume, and so had a story begun in this one continue to play out in that one (I think on the whole the second part is more satisfying). Big Nate does a good job of portraying the bewildering middle school years, when you’ve begun convincing yourself that you know exactly who you are and your worth in the grand scheme. The results don’t aim to be laugh-a-minute or earnest, but rather kind of like the awkwardness of, say, The Office.
These strips are from the summer of 2015. As it happens, I bought this and the next volume, and so had a story begun in this one continue to play out in that one (I think on the whole the second part is more satisfying). Big Nate does a good job of portraying the bewildering middle school years, when you’ve begun convincing yourself that you know exactly who you are and your worth in the grand scheme. The results don’t aim to be laugh-a-minute or earnest, but rather kind of like the awkwardness of, say, The Office.
November 1, 2024
Need a break from election campaign stress? Author/cartoonist Lincoln Peirce captures the essence of middle school angst, fantasy, invincibility and squirrely behavior in this Big Nate cartoon collection. Drawings are funny enough to laugh out loud, but story lines go on and on hilariously, including the class gerbil's life, school picture guy, annoying female classmates and his odd band of buddies with their own individual idiosyncrasies.
May 26, 2020
Very funny book
I like this book very much because of how funny this book is. I recommend this book to comic book lovers like me. The reason I gave this a four star is because it wasn’t too interesting.
I like this book very much because of how funny this book is. I recommend this book to comic book lovers like me. The reason I gave this a four star is because it wasn’t too interesting.
January 23, 2021
Hi
Nice nice nice nice place to chat with friends or chat or not have a chat or something or do something nice or a chat with me on Facebook and Twitter on Facebook or Twitter Facebook page for me or a few other Facebook apps to come out
Nice nice nice nice place to chat with friends or chat or not have a chat or something or do something nice or a chat with me on Facebook and Twitter on Facebook or Twitter Facebook page for me or a few other Facebook apps to come out
March 5, 2021
My five year old and I kept asking: why is the story all out of order? I checked the page numbers to see if our book had been mixed up in printing. We’ve read other Big Nate books and enjoyed them, but this one let us down.
May 5, 2020
I love this book!
This is a VERY funny book, I love it!
I insist on getting this book! Great to ten and younger!
This is a VERY funny book, I love it!
I insist on getting this book! Great to ten and younger!
May 25, 2020
It was so funny. I am about to start the next one.
July 28, 2020
Will he become popular by hugging or will he be dumb Nate?
September 23, 2020
Big Nate
This was a super funny book, and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend it for other kids for sure.
This was a super funny book, and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend it for other kids for sure.
November 13, 2020
What a great book enjoyed it
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