Books like Big Nate - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Lincoln Peirce
In "Big Nate – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?", Nate enthusiastically devises an elaborate scheme, hoping to pull off his master plan unnoticed. The tension rises as Mrs. Godfrey, ever vigilant, looms over every classroom move. Will Nate’s ingenuity triumph or will the inevitable chaos prove too much for a middle‑school setting?
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Lincoln Peirce
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