Frindle

Frindle

By Andrew Clements

133 ratings 142 reviews 232 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 4 - 6R5.416232
Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a frindle. It doesn't take long for frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens.
This quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have readers inventing their own words. Brian Selznick's black-and-white illustrations enhance the humor in this unforgettable story.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
ISBN-13: 9780689837036
ISBN-10: 0689837038
Published on 10/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 128

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I reently read this book in my class.This is a great book for all ages and I hope you love it as much as I did!

I read this book in fourth grade and it is about a boy, Nick Allen. He decided to call a pen a frindle. The teachers start to get mad and give detention to who ever says the word.

This book is about a boy, Nick Allen, who is a trouble maker. He saw a pen 1 day and decided to call it a Frindle. When everybody said it in front of the teacher she would get really mad and send them to DETENTION. This book was okay.

Frindle is about a boy who makes up a word and he becomes famous at his school..

Diana b Diana b

This was the very first book I read by Andrew Clements and by far one of the best written by him. In frindle it tells a story about a boy named Nick who decides to come up with a new name for apen. A frindle. So anyway, this word gets around town and soon everybody is talking about it and with it. Does this new word get Nick in trouble? You will have to read Frindla by Andrew Clements to find out.

I love this book. Its a great book. I will like to read it every day.

I read this in fourth grade. It seems like Nick is a trouble maker. Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas.

I got this book last Christmas. I was not thrilled about it. Finally, I decided to read it. It was an amazing book. throughout the whole book you always wanted to turn the page, and to see what happened next. This book always kept you interested. so you better get your hands on this book now !

LEXY S. S3 LEXY S. S3

because it looked fun to read and it was good.

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