Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with new kid Breckenridge Puffington III and show him around. But that's no easy task when Breckenridge is a plant-doodling total fun-sponge. There's also something strangely familiar about this guy... . What in the world could it be Meet Big Nate, Mr. Big-time Doodler and definitely not the teacher's pet.

Pre-adolescent.