In one of these meetings, an art teacher from PS 38's rival school, Jefferson, visits and showcases some drawings from her class.

Later, Mr. Rosa suggests that the club should include more girls and Nate believes they should invite his crush Jenny, to which the others immediately scoff at.

Nate, being unable to decline due to the large group of students surrounding the two egging him on, decides to capitulate.

The two head to the dance, only to be encountered by school bully Randy Betancourt, who Nate humorously implies has no good qualities.

On a hill, Nate and Francis are preparing to sled down when Teddy arrives with a Supa Snow Tube, which he spent his garage shoveling money on.

They ask him what has happened, and he explains that the sprinkler malfunction caused severe water damage in the gym, and much of it needs to be refurbished.

Excited at this news, the boys rush home and happily inform Nate's dad, Marty, that they've gotten a surprise break.

Nolan than throws the ring like a frisbee and Nate chases it on top of a table, only to slip and fall on his wrist, breaking it.

After more days of going to school at Jefferson, Nate and a few friends take refuge in a storage closet, where they find an old cavalier mascot and some other memorabilia.

However, Nate gets the idea to challenge the Jefferson kids and Nolan to a snow sculpting contest, calling it the "Snowdown".

The Jefferson kids reveal their sculpture to be a replica of their mascot, the cavalier, which shocks everyone including the judges due to its lifelike nature.

However, Mr. Rosa, puzzled by the statue, walks over and brushes at it, revealing the metal suit of armor from the storage room underneath.

Due to the lack of creativity in simply covering a statue with snow, the judges announce PS 38 to be the winners of the Snowdown, finally granting the school a win over Jefferson.

"[2] Commonsensemedia gave the book three out of five stars, writing "Creative underdogs win big in fun comic novel.