Big Nate: In A Class By Himself

Big Nate: In A Class By Himself, written by Lincoln Peirce, is a humorous book about a boy who attends Public School 38. Well Nate always find trouble when hes not looking for it and just racks up the detention slips. The day starts of bad for Nate from the moment his covers are ripped off of him to wake up. He can't remember if he has a test or not so he uses binoculars to check if his friend is studying across the street, and uh-oh, he certainly is. Nate has to find a way to get out of going to school so that he wont fail his test and need to attend summer school. Nate soon finds out after nearly forging his dads signature on a letter that there is not test. Whew...Nate lucked out. When he gets to school he notices he left his lunch as school and his friend Teddy tells him not to worry that he will help him out. He tosses Nate a fortune cookie first thing in the morning and Nate opens it up and reads its fortune. Today is Nate's lucky day because "Today you will surpass all others" is the fortune he recieved. Nate is very excited and his friends are too. But what will Nate do to surpass all others? He knows he is destined for greatness and has many talents that will help him achieve his goal of surpassing all others. However as the day goes on things don't look good for Nate. His friends are optimistic about there being enough time left in the day though, but is there? Will his fortune come true?
This book has a lot of humor. I would recommend this book to readers of all ages. Younger readers 3rd-5th, would get a good laugh out of some comments that Nate makes, and the artwork in the book. The 6th-8th grade readers would be able to relate with some of the problems of school like beginning to have more homework and more tests to be prepared for, classes to switch from with numerous teachers that "dont like you", friends and enemies. Like Nate, some kids try not to get into trouble but it just seems to happen. The book is almost set up like a comic book, there are sketches and drawings on every page that help the reader relate the text. Many of the pictures also require reading since they are part of the main text. It is an easy book to read and having humor on every page and school to relate too, many readers would enjoy the comedy of Big Nate.