Big Nate Out Loud, Lincoln Peirce Paperback. Big Nate, a.k.a. middle schooler Nate Wright, is a self-described genius equipped with only a #2 pencil and the unshakable belief that he is destined for greatness (a fortune cookie told him so), and readers are invited to follow Nate, once again, as he blazes an unforgettable trail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38, earning straight As in laughs (and numerous detentions) along the way. Original.