Big Nate on a Roll (Big Nate Novels, #3) by Lincoln Peirce

Big Nate on a Roll (Big Nate Novels, #3) Reviews

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  Chantelle

  My 8 year old son begged to read this & I was hesitant. All I can say now is that we are BOTH very glad I took a chance and read it to him (and the rest of the series) before bed every night (he read on his own at other times).
  
  Surprisingly, this was the first book (in a REALLY long time) that literally made me laugh out loud - repeatedly!! I WILL admit that Nate - the way he thinks, acts, and his imagination - is extremely similar to my son so, I'm sure that influenced how often I laughed.
  
  Although Nate is disrespectful to his father and has a general disdain for school & education, the "tongue in cheek" writing style communicated that his attitude wasn't really ideal for yourself. Also, I didn't find anything in the books that was unrealistic for a school-aged child to think, feel, do, and experience. In fact, it reminded me of my own elementary and middle school "life".
  
  Even though I didn't approve of Nate's attitude toward his dad, school, and adults in general, because my son my son identified with this character, I seized the opportunity to have discussions about the importance of education, respect, appropriate behavior, bullying, friendship, and a host of other topics.
  
  If your child is in this stage of life and appreciates a good story and a good laugh - I confidently recommend these books. (BTW, my son is now 11 and STILL reads these books!)
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  Eric

  Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce Nate is trying to win a skateboard in the timber scouts but Artur is ahead from Nate. Who ever wins he will get the skateboard. Will Nate ever get the skateboard or will Artur get it? I think Nate will get it.
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  Lily Leroux

  I really like this book. It is really funny! It is about Nate and his friends trying to sell as many posters for Boy Scouts because who ever sells the most posters they will win the grand prize which is a skateboard that you design your self. I think this book is funny because it has good jokes and funny drawings. I recommend this book for everyone!
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  Ami

  I enjoyed this book my than Diary of a Wimpy Kid. It was crazy to think that the books were written by the same author because they were so different. It made me laugh very hard. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes humor.
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  Nick Cruz

  This book is about a boy name Nate who is having a ruff time in school. He is always getting detentions and getting in trouble,and this girl name Gina is always snitching on him he just hates her,also there is this boy named artur who is quite of a Prince Charming but he just hates how he beats him at anything and the thing that bugs him the most is that he's dating Nate's big crush! But any who they are both timber scouts and there is this prize that whoever sells the most snuffies wins a skateboard and trust Nate needs a new board his flew down a bridge so they are going at it door to door,when Nate thought of a brilliant plan to buy them for himself! Well that didn't work out so he thought of making comic books so he could make money and buy the snuffies but that was a tuff challenge also, but when he looked and found out there was a precious Comic book that was going up to a thousand dollars to whoever had the book! So what do you know Nate just remembered that he had the book! But didn't get a thousand dollars because it was supposed to be in mint condition but he still got enough money to beat artur,and he did and when he recieved the award it was beautiful.
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  Arthur Alfaro

  i like this book because Nate get in trouble alot and the story is about nate trying to get a new skateboard
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  Jerry

  This is a very cute and funny series.
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  Blair

  My 12 Year old has loved the hell out of the Big Nate books for the last few years and tbh, I do too lol. Great fun.
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  daylan(its ya boy dayz in the hood)

  it was good
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  Nico

  It was great! Very funny.
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  Jason Pym

  There are a whole slew of books for boys now, Wimpy Kid probably being the most famous, made to look like doodle-filled journals written by primary school kids. I'm very grateful for them, as my nine-year-old son reads them over and over.
  
  But of all the ones we've read so far Big Nate is the only one I've had a problem with. I may be projecting too much here, but even though the book is written from Nate's perspective he still comes across as intensely obnoxious.
  
  Artur, a widely-liked boy with the 'comedy' diction of a non-native speaker, is Nate's nemesis, the kid he has to beat in everything. Relationships, for example: Nate likes Jenny, though he seems to barely speak to her. Artur is going out with Jenny. How does Nate deal with this? He decides his best option is to manipulate Artur into splitting up with Jenny by feeding him rumours that another girl likes him.
  
  Nate and Artur are also both Timber Scouts, and the main story is that they have to sell fuzzy badges - the one who sells the most gets a skateboard. Artur, through being smart and working hard, sells more. Nate tries to catch up, he feels he's not a good enough of a salesman to do this so the best thing is to earn money by other means then buy a load of the badges himself - this is ok, I guess, lateral thinking and all.
  
  You'd assume then that the story would be about the genius ways he made money and won the day. But no, his plans fail usually due to Nate being an unpleasant human being - for example, when trying to sell his comic through a comic shop, he mocks the owner then accuses him of being a shop-lifter not realising who he is. You can assume from Nate's character that if he did recognize the owner he'd suck up to him in some smarmy way.
  
  In the end Nate does get the grand prize of the skateboard, but not through intelligence or hard work, but through blind luck. He discovers he owns a vintage comic that's worth money, flogs it and so has the cash to buy the most badges.
  
  If there is a redeeming aspect to the story, it is that Artur is oblivious to all of Nate's machinations and still acts in a genuinely friendly way toward him (giving him brownies, being gracious in defeat after losing out on the skateboard etc). And in fairness it was crystal clear to my nine-year-old that all of the rivalry with Artur was only in Nate's head, and that a lot of the comedy in his failing schemes was that they deserved to fail.
  
  Even so, as an adult reading along, to have to spend so much time looking at the world with such petty jealousy is wearing. And why does it make narrative sense that he should get the skateboard?
  
  If you're looking for a book for a boy you're much better off with Tom Gates. My son has four of these now and we've read them repeatedly - Tom is a genuinely warm character; he takes shortcuts like all of us, torments his sister, but at the end of the day is a genuinely likeable person and when he comes out on top he deserves it. Unlike Nate's distant obsession with Jenny, Tom has a normal relationship with his classmate Amy. Tom has a some-time rivalry with Marcus who is the petty, disingenuous irritation in his life (much like Nate's character) - yet Tom is still decent enough to work with him, even when Marcus steals his ideas and otherwise tries to undermine Tom. And unlike Nate's charmless efforts at comics, Tom's are actually endearing and funny.
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  Julian P

  I finished reading a great book called Big Nate on a Roll by Lincoln Peirce. I really liked this book because it's a fiction book and it's fun for kids to read. Nate (the main character) has a arch enemy named Artur (aka Mr. Perfect) that has bugged him all his life. Nate was in detention and was missing a Timber Scout meeting. Once he got released from detention he rushed to his skateboard and started to his friend Teddy's house. On the way there a woman's dog jumped in front of him and made him lose his skateboard. Nate now had to walk to Teddy's house. When he arrived there the meeting was over and he didn't get any of the important information that was in it. He asked Teddy what happened and Teddy told him that Artur joined the Timber Scouts. Nate panicked. On the way to his house his friend Francis told him that they were going to sell wall hangings to the people in the neighborhood for a fund raiser. There were prizes. The third prize was a toy robot, second prize was a brand new telescope, and first prize was a customized skateboard. Nate knew he needed the skateboard. He went house to house selling them but Artur pulled ahead slowly. Nate finally started buying them himself to catch up. By the end of the competition there was a tie for first place. Nate and Artur. The way they were going to determine the winner was by flipping a coin. Nate had gotten super lucky and won. He liked this skateboard more than his old one and he went out riding it back to his house. If I were Nate I wouldn't try to get into detention as much because I would have a better chance of winning the competition. I pretty knew that Nate was going to win the skateboard because he wouldn't have another book with a customized skateboard in it. Overall the reason I gave this book five stars is because it was very well written, funny, and I had been looking forward to reading it.
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  Kristi Lamont

  A very good read for kids in grades 4/5/6, depending on their reading level. I can understand why my soon-to-enter-fifth grade nephews enjoy reading about a kid who is decidedly not perfect. The comic book format is not a favorite of mine as an adult reader, but I think it's genius to use it to get kids to learn words and about concepts to which they might not otherwise be exposed. (Same review for every Big Nate book, written because I find reviews helpful when looking for books for the children in my life and would like to give same sort of help to others.)
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  Binibining `E (of The Ugly Writers)

  It's good. This book has a similarity with the Wimpy Kid although i havent read any of the Wimpy Kid series and i cant compare them, but they both have drawings in the book which makes it cool and enjoyable to read. This will be a big hit for kids and the kids at heart. Funny adventures of Nate Wright.
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  Will

  When Nate loses his skateboard, he has to buy a new one but he's doing this thing for his Timber Scouts to raise money going door to door selling wall hangings. He has to beat Arthur to win first prize out of the whole city.
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  Richard

  When i read this book when i read the first page it was quite boring and after i started reading and reading i got better and better.
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  DylanG E1-2

  reread this book multiple times
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  Horlando Matias

  I loved it so much.
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  Melanie

  This book is not very good it can be super boring in a lot of parts
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  Everyone

  is SKAT BORD
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  Linnea Shockey

  Big Nate: On a Roll by Lincoln Peirce is the story of Nate, who’s life is great. That is, until Artur comes along and steals all of the glory. Everyone thinks he is so perfect. Will Artur succeed again by selling “Warm Fuzzies”, or will Nate finally pull out a win and get the prize he just has to have?
  I enjoyed this book a lot. The witty writing was wonderful, and I strongly recommend this to many others.
  
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  Chase

  The reason I rate this book 4 stars is because its very good it lived up to its execptations.One reason is the writing style.I like it because it's like a graphic novel but it still has pages full of text.Its a nice contrast between the two different forms of writing.It goes from a ton of text to cartoonist picture and a joke.Another reason i like this book is because it has a continuing story from other books.This leads to a story that has plot from the last one.This makes it so story points from the last book carry over to the next and ts fun to see how that stuff unfolds.Those are the reasons I feel this book is very good and interesting to read and how it lived up to expectations.