Frindle - Softcover

Clements, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0780780175 ISBN 13: 9780780780170

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 1998

Synopsis

Is Nick Allen a troublemaker?

He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle? Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying frindle. Soon the school is in an uproar, and Nick has become a local hero. His teacher wants Nick to put an end to all this nonsense, but the funny thing is frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. The new word is spreading across the country, and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0780780175
• ISBN 13: 9780780780170
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Selznick Brian
• Number of pages: 105