Frindle - Softcover

Clements, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689838611 ISBN 13: 9780689838613

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's, 2000

Synopsis

Fifth-grade language arts teacher Mrs. Granger comes to regret her lesson that language is controlled by human beings when her student, Nick Allen, begins a wildly successful campaign to rename the ballpoint pen. Reissue.

About this title

Review:

"Will have readers smiling all the way through...hilarious." -- "The Horn Book", starred review

"A captivating tale -- one to press upon children, and one they'll be passing among themselves." -- "Kirkus", pointered review

About the Author:

Andrew Clements has written a number of books for children, including three novels about school life. He taught in public schools near Chicago for seven years before moving east to begin a career in publishing. The idea for Frindle grew out of a talk that he gave to second graders. He says that "Frindle is about discovering the true nature of words, language, thought, community and learning, and about the life that surges through the corridors and classrooms every day." Andrew Clements now writes full-time and lives in central Massachusetts with his wife and their four children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0689838611
• ISBN 13: 9780689838613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 105