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A fast-paced, highly visual romp through the awkward and hilarious social hierarchies of middle school. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Big Nate, say good-bye to dork city.
- energetic
- playful
- chaotic
- 01
Big Nate Lives It Up
Lincoln Peirce
A high-energy, doodle-packed survival guide to the everyday indignities and unexpected triumphs of middle school.
- 02
Big Nate flips out
Lincoln Peirce
A hilarious, high-energy romp through the chaotic halls of middle school where a sudden personality shift threatens to upend a classic friendship.
- 03
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
A hilarious, highly visual survival guide to the everyday humiliations of middle school.
- 04
Dogs don't tell jokes
Louis Sachar
A funny, tender exploration of what happens when the class clown finally decides to take himself seriously.
- 05
Lunch money
Andrew Clements
A clever, energetic exploration of schoolyard economics and the unexpected joy of turning your biggest rival into your best collaborator.
- 06
Goodbye stranger
Rebecca Stead
A tender, deeply observant exploration of the exact moment when childhood friendships begin to stretch, fray, and reshape themselves.
- 07
How to Be Popular
Meg Cabot
A bubbly, laugh-out-loud exploration of high school social climbing that proves the best version of yourself is usually the one you left behind.
- 08
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
Dav Pilkey · 2001
A chaotic, laugh-out-loud celebration of childhood mischief and the subversive power of a well-drawn comic.
- 09
The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney
A hilarious, highly visual survival guide to the everyday indignities of middle school and family expectations.
- 10
New Kid
Jerry Craft
A warm, funny, and sharply observant graphic novel about the awkward, everyday tightrope walk of middle school and code-switching.
- 11
Crush
Svetlana Chmakova
A sweet, funny, and deeply relatable exploration of the butterflies and blunders that come with a first middle-school crush.
- 12
Bad Kitty school daze
Nick Bruel
A delightfully chaotic romp through the absurdities of obedience, fueled by feline defiance and slapstick humor.
