Oct 04, 2023RodneyJBrown rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
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…
Mar 27, 2023orange_zebra_506 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"Frindle", by Andrew Clements is a delightful children's novel which describes the story of a young boy named Nick Allen who decides to invent a new word, "frindle," and the chaos that ensues when the word becomes popular and the epitome…
Apr 08, 2021bezoarbezoarbezoar rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read this book out loud in a book club setting to two small groups of second graders.
On the back of the book, above the description, it says "Is Nick Allen a troublemaker?". Every time we sat down to read together, I would ask my…
Frindle is an amazing book! It has such a unique, and fun story line. The concept of this story is very interesting, and I have never read anything like it. It is about a boy who wants to show that words can come from anywhere, and starts…
Jul 16, 2020Anika_Singh rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Nick Allen is a witty class clown whose new English teacher, Mrs. Granger, is absolutely unbearable. In her class, Nick realises that people decide what words mean so to annoy Mrs. Granger he makes his own word, “frindle”, meaning pen.…
May 24, 2019MiRiAm12345 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one kid's novel that everyone can enjoy. I consider it a MUST read book for it's cleverness and the power of it's characters. It's fun, educational and empowering.
First published in 1986, before the concept of going viral on the…
This is a very good book! I love it and it was really funny. I would recommend young readers from grades 8 and under to have a read of this miraculous book. It was very inspiring and I felt amazed at how Nick Allen created his own word.…
Interest level: ages 8-12. When 10-year-old Nick invents a new word for “pen” and convinces his whole school to use it, his teacher is not pleased. This imaginative and thought-provoking tale, the first of several engaging school stories…
This is a very good book! I love it and it was really funny. I would recommend young readers from grades 8 and under to have a read of this miraculous book. It was very inspiring and I felt amazed at how Nick Allen created his own word.…
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