Nick is known to be the funny guy. His main idea is trying to prove to his teacher that words can come out of anywhere. He is creative and always coming up with unique ideas to try and get people to go with them. ( )

This is another classic book I read in middle school. I remember reading this book with my dad and we often still talk about it. This book is great for curious students who like to know the meaning of things and use their imagination. ( )

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Frindle is a story about an imaginative and slightly mischievious boy named Nick Allen. Nick is in 5th grade at Lincoln Elementary School and decides to create a new word, "Frindle." Frindle, the new word for pen, catches on in his school and ends up gaining major attention. This new words challenges Nick's Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Granger, and she tries to enforce rules on the use of it. This book explores creativity, imagination and the power of words in an interesting way. ( )

Nick's 5th grade Language Arts teacher is serious about words--she believes the dictionary is the highest authority--but Nick decides to shake up her classroom (and eventually the school, the town, the country, and the English language) by inventing a new word!

This is a short, interesting story about the power of a simple idea. Despite the Big Questions it raises about language and authority, it's not very deep. Still, a good read for habitual and reluctant readers alike. ( )

AR: 5.4

What a delightful surprise!

Andrew Clements spins a clever and touching yarn about a mischievous fifth grader whose petty notion to rename pens as "frindles" to peeve his strict teacher pits him in a battle of wills with her and the school administration and garners more attention than he would have thought possible.

It's a terrific and entertaining introduction to first amendment rights, authoritarianism, and civil disobedience.

It may stretch a little too far for its ending, but I was enjoying the story so much by then that I happily went along for the ride. ( )

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.

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.

I used to love these books when I was younger and now as a future teacher, they will definitely be part of my students learning and reading time as well. This book offers students ways to be courages and to be yourself. This book is meant for older middle schoolers. ( )

its good so cute

Very interesting and entertaining book with a good message. I loved the ending. ( )

1.5 Stars ( )

It started small. Before it made its way from complete obscurity to become one of the lodestars of contemporary civilization, the frindle was merely the sudden whim of a boy in the fifth grade at Lincoln Elementary School.

Nick Allen (known to historians as Nicholas) was as cheerful and imaginative as any kid at Lincoln, and probably a little bit more so. He was playful and mischievous without quite being a troublemaker — although, at times, certain of his teachers might have considered him exactly that. But his imagination was not anarchic or aimless: it simply led him to ask questions, questions so basic that no one had bothered to ask them before. And if asking these questions caused Typical Adult Resistance from his teachers, he and his classmates were entertained and educated in the ways of the world.

Nick's bète noir, the teacher who is determined to show Nick, once and for all, who's the boss, is his Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Grindle, who adores and clings to her favorite dictionary like a mother protecting her only child. So, when Nick asks her where new words come from, the battle is joined. Nick creates the frindle, and the worlds of commerce and culture are shaken, along with Mrs. Grindle's composure.

"Frindle" is a delight, one that has been enjoyed by children and adults for a quarter century, and will doubtless continue to be. The late Andrew Clements was a genius, and his books are among some of the best in children's literature.

Very highly recommended. ( )

I really enjoyed this book. I think the whole plot of the book is very humorous and shows how creative people can be. ( )

Frindle tells the story of young Nick Allen who's has recently entered fifth grade. Nick is determined to overcome any obstacle that the year may bring including his teacher Mrs. Granger and her love for the dictionary. I love this story because it promotes confidence and creativity in young students. I loved reading this book when I was In fifth grade and I love re-reading it even more. ( )

My children told me years ago that this was a great book and it is! I just got to it now and really enjoyed Nick's dictionary battle with the dangerous Mrs. Granger. A beloved book for many good reasons!

As a writer, I'm so impressed with the apparently effortless way Andrew Clements introduces the hero in chapter 1, the antagonist in chapter 2, and the first big clash in chapter 3. ( )

"Bookbag", Aug/Sept 1999

My son's teacher read this to his class so I wanted to read it too. A nice book, interesting ideas, sweet ending, may have been a bit over the heads of first graders, but good to make them think. Hopefully my son will re-read it to himself in a couple of years. ( )

Andrew Clements based this novel around a child and a pencil. It is a comedy drama set in reality. The child makes up a name for the pencil and it becomes known across the USA. A family friend purchases the business rights for the name Frindle (the pencil). In many ways, it was like a social media movement going viral before the internet and social media had emerged in the USA. This book is aimed at the middle school age group

Meet the Author. Inspiration for Young Writers
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I think that this book would be a good read for 4th and 5th graders. The book follows the characters wanting to create a new word. The characters are frowned upon for doing this as they try to find a new word for pen. Ultimately I believe that this shows the ability to perservere and strive for what you want. I think that this can give kids an idea to respect authority, but at the same time evaluate their authority. ( )

young man who tries to distract his teacher, and avoid homework assignments. ( )

Where do the words in the dictionary come from? Nick is just trying to distract his English teacher by asking this question. When she assigns him to write a report about how words get in the dictionary, he decides to create a new word, frindle. He thinks it will be funny, and probably annoy Mrs. Granger. He would never have imagined how this new word will take on a life of its own. Hilarious and heartwearming. ( )

This book is about a young boy who learns about the creation of words and sets on a mission to recreate the word pen into frindle in hopes it can be changed. ( )

Frindle depicts the story of Nick Allen who is determined to show his teacher that words come from everywhere. He is usually the class clown but is determined to prove this idea to his teacher. To do so, he tries to turn a regular pen into a frindle to prove his method to his teacher. This would be a good chapter book for upper elementary level readers. ( )