Frindle
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- Author：Andrew Clements
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Summary
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。
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。
Reviews
Char
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its fun
Jerome
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This book was written after the time when I would have read it for school， but my nephew is now at that age and he likes the book， so I gave it a shot。 It's truly a great， and timeless， story。 A quick read， due to the primary age group it's focused toward， but I think it has value for persons of any age and is well worth the hour and change I spent on it。 This book was written after the time when I would have read it for school， but my nephew is now at that age and he likes the book， so I gave it a shot。 It's truly a great， and timeless， story。 A quick read， due to the primary age group it's focused toward， but I think it has value for persons of any age and is well worth the hour and change I spent on it。 。。。more
Aaron Schumacher
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Just from the title， I have to wonder if it had any connection to the Kindle。 A quick search reveals。。。 that you can buy Frindle for the Kindle， but not whether Frindle helped inspire the Kindle name。 Maybe not。Anyway this is a kids' book from 1996; I'm a little amazed I'd never heard of it。 The main ideas about dictionaries being descriptive rather than prescriptive， on a fundamental level， and the general nature of language as a social construction， are some cool ideas that I kept encountering Just from the title， I have to wonder if it had any connection to the Kindle。 A quick search reveals。。。 that you can buy Frindle for the Kindle， but not whether Frindle helped inspire the Kindle name。 Maybe not。Anyway this is a kids' book from 1996; I'm a little amazed I'd never heard of it。 The main ideas about dictionaries being descriptive rather than prescriptive， on a fundamental level， and the general nature of language as a social construction， are some cool ideas that I kept encountering through high school and beyond。 I like that this book presents those ideas in a very accessible form。I identified with the use of dictionaries in school。 I remember， vaguely， doing vocabulary lists and looking stuff up in paper dictionaries when I was in grade school。 But I have to wonder， do kids do that these days？ Is anybody still really using paper dictionaries？ Even when I was in grade school， all those years ago， the class set of paper dictionaries was getting to be a bit dusty and unappreciated。 I also remember using the thesaurus in Word a lot。 And now I go to dictionary。com or dictionary。google。com exclusively。 The internet seems somehow inherently more flexible， more the creation of human hands， than a musty hard-bound dictionary。 Anyway。One disappointing thing: the author presents a story about the origin of the word "quiz" as if it were factual。 （Well， it comes from the mouth of a TV announcer， so maybe we're supposed to acknowledge that they'll say anything that sounds good。） Anyway， the claim is that "quiz" was invented by one person， the way "frindle" is in the story。 I checked wiki， and according to wiki the story is apocryphal。 So there's that。Language seems to spontaneously reject deliberately coined words， like "frindle" in this book。 It's like people don't trust their authenticity， if somebody's consciously trying to make them。 Doesn't seem real。 I can't think of an example of somebody making a word just for the heck of it， like the kid does in this story。 "Quiz" is out。The story's logic is consistent with my earlier thoughts about the artificiality of the war between descriptive and prescriptive linguistics。 Parents （teachers） teach their children language， and they teach it the way they learned it。 If they didn't， language would change far too rapidly， with wild creoling every generation or so。 And that's my description of how prescriptivism is an essential part of language。Anyway， fun book， reads in about an hour or an hour ten。 。。。more
Lindsay
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Three 3rd graders brought this book to my office， wanting me to read it and blog about it。 I’ll be emailing their teacher with my review tonight and will post later on IG。 Anything to bring joy to my students and encourage the love of reading！ :）
Raven ღ
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*4。75。
Kirsten
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Great read aloud with my elementary aged child。 Has classroom drama he related to and a sweet sentimental ending。
Michael Castro
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Read a chapter or two for bed time to my 4 and 6 year olds。 Great read， brought me back to my childhood reading lists
Rachel Nelson
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Really cute story about a kid and his teacher。 Loved the ending！
Chloe
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No ratingFirst sentence:oneNickIf 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。
Maya
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fun
Emma🤡📚
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I originally thought this book was good！ And let me tell you it was！ It had good details and some funny parts！
Krista
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Wonderful etymological fantasy。
Liza
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Hi， everyone！I'm working for a Russian website dedicated to children's books and children's reading Papmambook。ru。 We've been building the English version of the website。 Recently we've published a review of Frindle， where the author talks about how the book inspired her son's creativity。 Hi， everyone！I'm working for a Russian website dedicated to children's books and children's reading Papmambook。ru。 We've been building the English version of the website。 Recently we've published a review of Frindle， where the author talks about how the book inspired her son's creativity。 。。。more
Lily
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It was funny in the middle and the end but at the beginning you need to trust the story。
Nicci
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Great story about middle schoolers and words， with a surprisingly touching ending。
Karla
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A quick and easy read with my kids， this story prompted some good discussion about words and their meaning。 I appreciate the message about the power of an idea and encouraging free thinking！ Lighthearted and funny， my family all enjoyed this story。
Lara
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My kids were asked to read this together as a family， and I had never heard of this book。 I don't know how I missed this children's classic！ I thoroughly enjoyed it， as did my kids。 My kids were asked to read this together as a family， and I had never heard of this book。 I don't know how I missed this children's classic！ I thoroughly enjoyed it， as did my kids。 。。。more
Roxanne
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I held out on reading this for a long time， because it sounded kind of stupid from what I heard my husband reading aloud to our daughter。 But I should have known: her third grade teacher gave her this book， and Mr Cronin knows all the best books。 I actually loved this！ I think if the teacher character hadn’t been so nuanced， it wouldn’t have worked - but she is， and it was a delight。 I love clever books about words， especially books that get kids excited about words。 ❤️
Angela Schaffer
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Really good fun！
Makayla
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not one of my favorites
Tamara York
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I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to read this book。 It’s one that has just slipped by， I suppose。 I’m so glad I finally picked it up。 It’s perfection。 Easy text and language for readers just getting their chapter-book-feet under them， but still an interesting story with big ideas。 This book would lead to a lot of great conversations and thoughts。 I can see why it is so frequently taught。
Alexis Grunwald
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Frindle Literary Essay by Sophia S In life not everybody is perfect， smart teachers should not think one student is perfect and smart and think the other students are nothing。 In the book by Andrew Clements， the character learns not everybody is perfect and smart。This is true for Nick in the beginning ，middle，and end。As you can see in the book frindle the teacher is one of those teachers that are really mean and strict that you are scared of。In the beginning Nick couldn't wait to go to fifth gra Frindle Literary Essay by Sophia S In life not everybody is perfect， smart teachers should not think one student is perfect and smart and think the other students are nothing。 In the book by Andrew Clements， the character learns not everybody is perfect and smart。This is true for Nick in the beginning ，middle，and end。As you can see in the book frindle the teacher is one of those teachers that are really mean and strict that you are scared of。In the beginning Nick couldn't wait to go to fifth grade but then he saw the mean’s teacher ever！In his mind he says”it is not fair that the teacher is begging mean to the students。” And She was really mean to the other kids and nice to Nick because he was really smart and perfect。 That's what the teacher thought but Nick was a big troublemaker。 For instance nick made up this word that meant pen it was called frindly and the teacher was mad at him for using that word and he stared to teach the student to say it to， and Mrs。Granger Know that now she can't trust nick at all。This Evidence shows that nick can't ever be trusted by anyone not even his own parent or friends but nick never gives up because if people can make up a word and not get in trouble for doing it he can do it to。 As you can see in the book， Nick can not be trusted by anyone， only the people that are with Nick trying to make a word up and not get in trouble for making up the word。 In the beginning Nick just wanted to make up a word without getting in trouble like when the person made up the word pen and Nick wants to change the word pen to frindle。 “nick always says it more fun to say it not a borging word like pen” 。For instance nick is good kid he just wants to make a word up that people will remember because he has been the smart student 。Now that now one one thinks he excites but he going to change that and learn that he is better than everyone。This evidence shows that nick just wants to be famous and be better than everyone because he made up a better word that meant pen。As you can see in the book frindle he can't be trusted by anyone but in the middle of the year Nick was not a troublemaker anymore so he does well in school and， not get in trouble anymore with his teacher，parents， and principal。 In the begging nick was smart and shy but nick was done just being invisible to everyone so he changed that and made up a word and it worked he became famous just for making a word and became rich really rich。He is now rich very rich he gives it away to people。That now he is rich for making up a word that， know it a story people still use 。For instance nick just made a fun word that meant pen and got famous for doing that。 He was only 11 years old， he was 21 in the ending of the book it say that “he was every lucky for getting every rich from a stupid word that meant pen”。This evidence shows when he is on live T。v with the whole word seeing him。 He said that he felt bad for making up a word that someone worked really hard on and got famous and no one even uses the word pen they say fridley because it is fun to say。 As you can see in the book， the teacher is really mean to other students and thinks one student is just smart and perfect。 This is important because in life it’s not fair that people think everybody is just nothing and they donut have feelings。 In my life now I know that everybody is unique and smart， not just one person。 。。。more
DARC
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I'm 11 years old and I didn't really like the book。 It was kind of boring because I sometimes got confused with the storyline I'm 11 years old and I didn't really like the book。 It was kind of boring because I sometimes got confused with the storyline 。。。more
Kevin Cassman
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I be making up words too。
MajorEpic
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I remembered most of my friends in elementary school reading this book but I just never did。 I Recently received a stack of books and this was one of them and decided to read it。 It is an entertaining story even as an adult and I can see why it would be popular with kids of that age group。 Will probably keep it and pass down to my own kids。
Linli
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Fun book， a very quick read and I thoroughly enjoyed it。 I'd never heard of Frindle or Andrew Clements， but I will pay more attention to his books in the future。 I would've enjoyed this book if I'd read it as a child and I look forward to seeing what my kids think of the book。 Fun book， a very quick read and I thoroughly enjoyed it。 I'd never heard of Frindle or Andrew Clements， but I will pay more attention to his books in the future。 I would've enjoyed this book if I'd read it as a child and I look forward to seeing what my kids think of the book。 。。。more
Riley
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In this book， Nick starts calling his pen a frindle after looking it up in the dictionary。 Their grade 5 teacher always tells them to "look it up in the dictionary"， but gets annoyed when they call their pen a frindle so she makes them write lines when she hears it。 It was funny when the kids didn't think she could put all the grade 5s in after school detention， but sure enough she puts all 80 kids in detention。 This book is so funny even you will want to start saying Frindle at school。 In this book， Nick starts calling his pen a frindle after looking it up in the dictionary。 Their grade 5 teacher always tells them to "look it up in the dictionary"， but gets annoyed when they call their pen a frindle so she makes them write lines when she hears it。 It was funny when the kids didn't think she could put all the grade 5s in after school detention， but sure enough she puts all 80 kids in detention。 This book is so funny even you will want to start saying Frindle at school。 。。。more
Katie Rowe
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Cute-argumentative
Sofia
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I read this in 5th grade， it was my summer reading book before starting school， my first year after coming from Spain。 I don’t remember much now， but I think I enjoyed it。
Paula O。
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Super funny
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