The 8th title in the New York Times bestselling Big Nate series! With a new crus
h, and the annual Mud Bowl coming up, can Nate make a good impression without sl
ipping up? With more detentions than he can count, Nate is in DEEP in Big Nate B
lasts Off! When Nate submits a mocking cartoon of Randy Betancourt - winner of P
S 38's 'most likely to mop the floor with someone else's face' award - to the sc
hool paper, tensions between the two are on the rise. After Randy jumps Nate the
boys are caught in a fight by the Principle and forced to undergo joint peer co
unselling sessions run by Nate's arch-enemy: teachers' pet Gina! And as if that
wasn't enough to deal with the Mud Bowl - an annual ultimate Frisbee game agains
t P.S. 38's biggest rivals: Jefferson Middle School - is coming up.
Will Nate
be the star of the team, or a total bomb? And can he keep his crush on new-girl
Ruby a secret, or will someone spill the beans?
