Frindle by Andrew Clements

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Summary

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

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Frindle by Andrew Clements

From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements, a quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words that will have readers inventing their own words. 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.
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. Brian Selznick is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal and was a National Book Award finalist. He is also the illustrator of many books for children, including Frindle and Lunch Money by Andrew Clements, as well as the Doll People trilogy by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. Mr. Selznick divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California.
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ISBN 13 9780689818769
ISBN 10 0689818769
Title Frindle
Author Andrew Clements
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 1998-02-01
Number of pages 112
Prizes Winner of Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades 4-8) 1999, Winner of Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 1999, Winner of Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 1999, Winner of North Carolina Children's Book Award (Junior Book) 1999, Winner of Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades 3-6) 2000, Winner of Young Hoosier Book Award (Grades 4-6) 1999, Winner of Black-Eyed Susan Award (Grades 4-6) 1998, Short-listed for California Young Reader Medal (Intermediate) 2000, Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2000
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