Frindle

Andrew Clements

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Year: 1999
• eBook ISBN: 9780689832505

One boy’s invented word becomes a phenomenon beyond his control in bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements’s hilarious classic children’s story about creative thought and the power of language.

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Chapter One: Nick
• Chapter Two: Mrs. Granger
• Chapter Three: The Question
• Chapter Four: Word Detective
• Chapter Five: The Report
• Chapter Six: The Big Idea
• Chapter Seven: Word Wars
• Chapter Eight: Mightier than the Sword
• Chapter Nine: Chess
• Chapter Ten: Freedom of the press
• Chapter Eleven: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
• Chapter Twelve: Airwaves
• Chapter Thirteen: Ripples
• Chapter Fourteen: Inside Nick
• Chapter Fifteen: And the Winner Is. . .
• ‘No Talking’ Teaser
• About the Author
• Copyright