Sixth grader Nate Wright is on a roll in this new collection of comics featuring Big Nate, now an animated series on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon You can't win lsquo,em all mdash, especially when you're slumping sixth-grader Nate Wright. Stuck in a cycle of misfortune, our hero finds an unlikely good luck charm . . . and suddenly, he can do no wrong He finds a 20 bill, scores a C+ on his social studies test nailed it , and even lands a movie date with the captain of the cheer squad. But the high times can't last forever. Before long, Nate's epic hot streak has gone ice cold, thanks to an all-time hair crisis, a great escape by the class gerbil, and a no-holds-barred chess match versus . . . a Cat Welcome to the riotous world of Big Nate, where chaos is the default setting and Nate's learning the secret of survival- sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.