TITLE: Frindle
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written by Andrew Clemenets and the illustrations were done by Brian Selznick.
GENRE: Fiction Chapter Book.
THEME: creativity, consequences, the affects of words
AWARDS: Christopher Award, the Georgia Children's Book Award, the Sasquatch Children's Book Award, the Zyakafoo Children's Book Award, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award, and the Year 1999 Young Hoosier Book Award.
CHARACTERS: Nick Allen, Mrs. Granger
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996.
SUMMARY: Nick Allen is infamous for developing schemes to distract the teacher and waste time. However, Nick meets his match with Mrs. Granger, his english teacher. She then assigns him an assignment that requires him to write why words are put in the dictionary. He then creates the word "Frindle". This was a replacement for the word "pen" and every student began using it. Nick and all other students for using it were being punished, which threaten Nick's citizenship at school. The use of "frindle" is growing out of Nick's hands, and he loses control of the usage. In order to find out if "frindle" is a good or bad thing that Nick developed, you must read the story.
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