Big Nate: Flips Out is a children's fiction novel written and illustrated by American cartoonist Lincoln Peirce, and is the fifth book in the Big Nate novel series (based on Peirce's own comic strip of the same name). The book was released in 2013, and was published by HarperCollins Publishers.

Plot

The next day, Nate overhears Dee Dee asking Gina to jump rope with her, and gets the idea to use the opportunity to get an embarrassing photo of her. After opening his overstuffed locker, however, Nate is unable to locate the camera. Francis gets mad at Nate, accusing him of losing the camera, and blaming it on him being a slob. In the ensuing argument, Nate accidentally reveals that Francis's middle name is "Butthurst" (which Nate had promised in third grade to keep a secret). Immediately regretting his action, Nate tries to apologise, only for Francis to storm off. 

The next morning, Nate postulates the idea that Randy stole the camera from his locker, and tells Dee Dee his theory. Whilst preparing for first period, Nate, Dee Dee and Teddy overhear Francis talking to Mrs. Godfrey, during which he takes responsibility for losing the camera. Nate, Teddy and Dee Dee then get the idea to have Teddy's uncle Pedro hypnotise Nate into becoming neat and organised, believing that it will help them find the camera and reinstate Nate's friendship with Francis. The hypnotism works, and Nate ends up cleaning both his bedroom and his locker, but he still doesn't find the camera, and the hypnotism also starts to prevent him from enjoying his own hobbies and interests.

Characters

These characters appear in the book:

Nate Wright - The main protagonist; a preadolescent boy, known for his large ego and sarcasm.
Teddy Ortiz - Nate's #1A best friend, who is a jokester and known for his skill at Yo mama jokes. The book is less focused on him.
Francis Pope - Nate's #1 best friend, who is known for his high intelligence. He breaks up with Nate in the book, he is bullied by Randy in the book.
Chad Applewhite - Nate's trusty friend, makes a minor appearance in the book, a member of Nate's Trivia Slam team.
Dee Dee Holloway - Nate's friend, a member of the doodlers. In the book, she spies in Randy.
Marty Wright - Nate's somewhat clueless father, who plays golf and is known to make horrible food.
Gina Hemphill-Toms - Nate's overachiever nemesis. She is the captain of the Trivia Slam team, "Gina's Geniuses".
Randy Betancourt - One of Nate's other rivals; the school bully. In the book, he bullies Francis.
Mrs. Clara Godfrey - Nate's ultimate nemesis; his social studies class teacher.
Mrs. Clarke - Nate's English teacher, hosts the Trivia Slam.
Mr. Staples - Nate's math teacher, in the book. He describes Nate's homework as the "Mona Lisa of bar graphs".
Mr. Galvin - Nate's science teacher.
Ellen Wright - Nate's older sister.
Nick Blonsky - He makes his first major appearance as the main antagonist, stealing the camera in the book.
Uncle Pedro - Teddy's uncle who hypnotizes people. He makes his first appearance in this book.

Reception
The book was rated 4.37 starts on Goodreads. The whole series was listed 117 times in The New York Times Best Seller list, it included Big Nate: Flips Out, along with a few other books in the series at times.

References

2013 American novels
American children's novels
2013 children's books
Big Nate
HarperCollins books