Nate is 11 years old, 4-and-a-half feet tall and the all-time record holder for the most detentions in school history! The latest laugh-out-loud title from the successful series which has now sold more than 4.5 million copies Big Nate is big news! Big Nate books have sold more than 4.5 million copies and been on theNew York Timesbest-seller list for more than a year.