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Frindle (1996) (edit title/settings)

by Andrew Clements (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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I love the creativity behind this book, and how it reminds students' to always dream big no matter the circumstances. I enjoyed Nick's character, because of how creative he was. Nick always seems to want to push the envelope, but in a good way. He was a trend setter. This book is a good... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

I love the creativity behind this book, and how it reminds students' to always dream big no matter the circumstances. I enjoyed Nick's character, because of how creative he was. Nick always seems to want to push the envelope, but in a good way. He was a trend setter. This book is a good read.

This book will help my students learn how to dream big, we could have an invention idea day and they could write their own book about their inventions. I thought this was a great book just because it has a kid think of an idea and he follows through on it and it happens.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Nick Allen: Fifth grader, tries to be rebellious by calling a pen a "frindle."
  • Mrs. Granger: Nick's teacher. She seems against the idea of calling a pen a frindle because she loves the dictionary and proper use of language.
  • Room 4: Students in a year 3 - 4 class at Lawrence Area School in New Zealand
  • Judy Morgan: Smart kid in the 5th grade. Still reading this so I can't comment any more.
  • Mrs. Granger: 5th grade teacher for the past 30 years. Set in her ways and beliefs. Appears old and rough. Has a monopoly on the language class as she is the only teacher for this subject, all the other subjects have two. At the end, we find out her methods were to get the results she had hoped for. That was to get Nick to be all he can be and more. Like she said, in every story there has to be a bad person, and she chose to be that person. She was a great person, one that could see the good, even if they were some what bad.
  • MRS. MARGARET CHATHAM: The principle of Lincoln Elementary School where Nick's goes and is not fond of Nick's new word and the way it is making everyone act.
  • Bud Lawrence: He's the guy that makes all of the frindle supplies: t-shirts, pens, notebooks, etc.
  • Nick: ultimate teacher time waster
  • Nick Allen: nick is creative because when it was picture day he made everyone say frindle not cheese
  • Pete: Add a description of this character.
  • Dave Packer
  • John
  • Mrs. Overby
  • Mrs. Allen: Nick's mom
  • Miss Deaver
  • Mrs. Avery
  • Mrs. Freed
  • James
  • Alice Lunderson: TV news reporter for local CBS station
  • Chris
  • Lynsey Burgess
  • Janet Fisk
  • Tom Allen
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  • When Nick ran into a word he didn’t know, he asked his brother or his dad or whoever was handy what it meant, and if they knew, they’d tell him. But not Mrs. Granger. He had heard all about her, and he had seen fifth graders in the library last year, noses stuck in their dictionaries, frantically trying to finish their vocabulary sheets before English class. It was still a week before school and Nick already felt like fifth grade was going to be a very long year.
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  • at that table listening to Mrs. Granger’s battle cry: “Look it up? That’s why we have the dictionary.”
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  • But if all of us in this room decided to call that creature something else, and if everyone else did, too, then that’s what it would be called, and one day it would be written in the dictionary that way. We decide what goes in that book.”
    Highlighted by 25 Kindle customers
  • how many of the thirty-five words for the week the kids already knew. Tremble, circular, orchestra—the list went on and on. Nick knew most of them.
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  • the heading should look on every assignment. No letup for thirty-seven minutes straight.
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  • “Gwagala, gwagala, gwagala,” until someone put the cassette in the machine and turned it on.
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First Sentence edit see section history

IF YOU ASKED the kids and the teachers at Lincoln Elementary School to make three lists-all the really bad kids, all the really smart kids, and all the really good kids-Nick Allen would not be on any of them.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Nick
2. Mrs. Granger
3. The Question
4. Word Detective
5. The Report
6. The Big Idea
7. Word Wars
8. Mightier than the Sword
9. Chess
10. Freedom of the Press
11. Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
12. Airwaves
13. Ripples
14. Inside Nick
15. And the winner Is...

Glossary edit see section history

  • frindle: a device use to write or make marks with ink. also in the english language meaning 'pen'; an instrument for writing or drawing with ink or similar fluid.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Andrew Clements (Author) - Live in Wocester,MA

Other Contributors:

  1. Brian Selznick (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Country: US
Publication Date: October 28, 1996
ISBN: 9780689818769
Page Count: 112

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

This novel has a strong message about the proper use of language, the significance of a dictionary, community and how young people can create good and bad changes in life. It also show's parent's how kids can change their teachers mind's.

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