Frindle
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · February 1, 1998
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- Who it’s for
- A schoolroom word game makes language feel lively, shared, and unexpectedly hard to control.
- Themes
- Word invention, The power of words, Creative thinking
- Pacing
- Fast
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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.
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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.
Words on the Loose
A schoolroom word game makes language feel lively, shared, and unexpectedly hard to control.
Come here for
- The pleasure of watching an invented word catch on
- A playful question about who gets to shape language
Expect
- School mischief with a thoughtful edge
- A word that outgrows its inventor
Where it sits
| Word Books | 80% |
|---|---|
| School Stories | 55% |
| Funny Stories | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Word Books
- Funny Stories
- Authors
- Andrew Clements
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- February 1, 1998
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Word invention · The power of words · Creative thinking
- Reading lane
- The Classics