Featured on the New York Times best seller list for over 100 weeks, Big Nate started as a comic strip in 1991 and was first published in book form in 2008. It has grown into a 16-book program with 8 hardcover novels. Over 850,000 Big Nate books have shipped as of 2011!Join Big Nate and his friends for a typical day at school. Move from classroom to classroom getting a secret report card from each one. Opponents will try to give you detention slips which count against you. And Coach cards will have you spending part of your day in action! At the end of the game, the player with the most passing grades wins.