Big Nate: Thunka, Thunka, Thunka #[nn]

Lincoln Peirce's New York Times best-selling strip collection delivers another dose of middle-school mischief in this Andrews McMeel volume. The cover says it all: a grinning Nate gleefully shakes what appears to be a noisemaker right next to a glasses-wearing blonde girl who is clearly not amused, pencil in hand at her desk. It's a perfectly captured moment of Nate being thoroughly, unapologetically Nate — and fans of the series will feel right at home.