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Frindle / Andrew Clements ; pictures by Brian Selznick.

Clements, Andrew, 1949-2019 (author.). Selznick, Brian, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442013339
ISBN: 1442013338
ISBN: 9780439607278
ISBN: 0439607272
ISBN: 0689818769
ISBN: 9780689818769
Physical Description: 105 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.

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Awards Note:

Sasquatch Reading Award: Winner: 2012.

Christopher Award

Rhode Island Children's Book Award

New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award

Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award

Georgia Children's Book Award, 1998-99

Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelance Award

Washington Sasquatch Children's Book Award, 1999.

Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award, 1999-2000.

Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award

Nevada Young Reader's Award

North Carolina Children's Book Award

Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 1999.

Texas Children's Crown Award

Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award

Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

Utah Children's Book Award

Awarded: Premio Cassa di Risparmio di Cento di Letteratura per Ragazzi of Cento, Italy=505 0\ Other book format -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 Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a frindle. It doesn't take long for frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens. This quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have readers inventing their own words. Brian Selznick's black-and-white illustrations enhance the humor in this unforgettable story.