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.

Author: Andrew Clements
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/01/1998
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.2lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780689818769
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Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 16637 / Frindle


Award: 1999 Young Reader's Choice Award Winner - Grades 4-8
Award: 2000 California Young Reader Medal Nominee - Intermediate
Award: 1999 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award Winner - Grades 4-8
Award: 1999 Georgia Children's Book Award Winner - Children's Book
Award: 1999 North Carolina Children's Book Award Winner - Junior Book
Award: 2000 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Winner - Grades 3-6
Award: 1999 Young Hoosier Book Award Winner - Grades 4-6
Award: 2000 Nutmeg Book Award Nominee - Grades 4-6
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award Winner - Grades 4-6