Kate the Great, Except When She's Not

ISBN: 0385387423

Author: Becker, Suzy

Condition: New

Fans of Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries will love this illustrated series by the New York Times bestselling author of All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat. Meet Kate Geller, a sassy flute-playing artist, who comes up with an original way to redefine friendship.Kates older sister is way too perfect. Her younger sister is way too cute. And her mom wants her to be pals with her frenemy, Nora. Her art teacher, Mrs. Petty, is way too uncreative, and how can Kate pay attention at Junior Guides when her pod leader has a sweat stain the size of the town beach? Now she has to get through her Christopher Columbus role during Discovery Day and her Colonial Buddies report, but little does she know how much help shell be getting from Eleanor Roosevelt and Albert Einstein.This humorous debut novel features more than 350 illustrations.Praise for Kate the Great:"She's funny. Quirky. Original. Kate's the greatest." -Lincoln Peirce, author of Big Nate"May Kate continue to be this great." -The Horn BookBeckers first illustrated novel falls neatly in line with many others of its ilk, series such as Big Nate and Diary of a Wimpy Kid -BooklistBecker does an excellent job of channeling the behind-adults-backs humor and friendship frustrations of the middle-school crowd -Publishers WeeklyDebut novelist Becker employs doodles, cartoons, and comic strips reminiscent of Jeff Kinneys Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Lincoln Peirces Big Nate. -School Library Journal