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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 everthe 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 any The new word is spreading across the country, and there s nothing Nick can do to stop it. Read Frindle – kino-fada.fr I read this book as an immigrant child just starting to learn about the English language and Western culture Although the obvious theme of the importance of language was there but, the one thing that stood out to me as I finished this book, was the beauty and intricacy of the relationship between a teacher and a student I had come from South Korea where respect was foremost in learning, but this book challenged this idea and gave so many reas...Okay, so I had to read this for my Study in Children s Lit college class and I finished it about 2 minutes ago and I m still batting back tears from my eyes as I sit in the middle of the student union I loved this book So much My heart is overflowing with unconditional love for this story When I saw this book on the course list, I recognized the...I didn t read this book, but my 9 year old did and this is his review, in his words I can t vouch for accuracy, but I got a kick out of his response Mr Clements I hope you read these from time to time When I saw the book Frindle, I said, I m not reading this But I did anyway So I was reading and I was actually amazed with the book It had a really hard beginning, a juicy middle, and a happy ending The stuff I really liked was that the main character was a kid named Nick and I really l I didn t read this book, but my 9 year old did and this is his review, in his words I can t vouch for accuracy, but I got a kick out of his response Mr Clements I hope you read these from time to time When I saw the book Frindle, I said, I m not reading this But I did anyway So I was reading and I was actually amazed with the book It had a really hard beginning, a juicy middle, and a happy ending The stuff I really liked was that the main character was a kid named Nick and I really like this part Nick was watching a show and a bird would peep really loud when something bad would happen So Nick decided to do it in school but someone else got blamed I really felt bad for Janet If I was her, I would be really embarrassed When Nick was walking home with Janet, Janet found a pen and Nick bumped into Janet Hey S...Frindle tells the story of an intrepid young man who tries to distract his teacher, and avoid homework assignments He ends up creating a new word for pen frindle and gaining national attention The plot here is similar to Nothing but the Truth, a young adult novel by AVI, about a boy who similarly wants to annoy his teacher, by singing along to the national anthem when it is played over the PA system The difference between the two is in the tone of the struggle between student and te Frindle tells the story of an intrepid young man who tries to distract his teacher, and avoid homework assignments He ends up creating a new word for pen frindle and gaining national attention The plot here is similar to Nothing but the Tru...Frindle is the story of Nick Allen, an incredibly smart kid, whose mind is always churning out idea after brilliant idea Basically, Nick is a very popular kid, who wants to have fun while learning at school.The other protagonist of the story is Mrs Granger,the stern Language teacher who handles the entire fifth grade single handedly.Basically, Mrs Granger with her no nonsense attitude is too smart to fall for tricksters like Nick.And the main protagonist of the book, the one that gives the bo Frindle is the story of Nick Allen, an incredibly smart kid, whose mind is always churning out idea after brilliant idea Basically, Nick is a very popular kid, who wants to have fun while learning at school.The other protagonist of the story is Mrs Granger,the stern Language teacher who handles the entire fifth grade single handedly.Basically, Mrs Granger with her no nonsense attitude is too smart to fall for tricksters like Nick.And the main protagonist of the book, the one that gives the book its title is FrindleBasically, a frindle is just. a pen.Nick tries to outwit Mrs Granger a bunch of times, with not much luck, until one day in Language class, when they learn how words come into existence, Nick gets the BIG IDEA.Reading this book was such a delight I can t even imagine how much kids would enjoy it Also, Mrs Granger looks like a spitting image of the incredible English Language teacher I had in Second standard The book portr...The kids LOVED this book Especially Max age 10 I thought it was pretty good, until the very end, which was fantastic and I couldn t help but shed a tear or five Mimi said, oh there goes Mommy crying again I can t help it I am easily touched by these things I was very moved past children s lit mommy tear jerkers include Earthquake in the Early Morning, A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, Abe Lincoln At Last , and the SOB FEST that is When You Reach Me If I was the sole representative The kids LOVED this book Especially Max age 10 I thought it was pretty good, until the very end, w...This book is incredibly clever No matter how old a reader is, they will enjoy this.Check out my BookTube video on FrindlePublished 1996 Newbery recipients, January 1997 The View from Saturday Medal , The Thief, A Girl Named Disaster, The Moorchild, Belle Prater s BoySo it was a pretty strong year But I don t think I m wrong in saying that Frindle is the most popular of all these titles, strong as they may be and I say this as someone who loves both The Thief and A View from Saturday, and who credits The Moorchild with her love of fey and changeling stories Frindle is real and warm and funny and wise Published 1996 Newbery recipients, January 1997 The View from Saturday Medal , The Thief, A Girl Named Disaster, The Moorchild, Belle Prater s BoySo it was a pretty strong year But I don t think I m wrong in saying that Frindle is the most popular of all these titles, strong as they may be and I say this as someone who loves both The Thief and A View from Saturday, and who credits The Moorchild with her love...Loved it This book was a breeze to read, but not light on making the reader think Fifth grader Nick is an expert at asking the delaying question also known as the teacher stopper, or the guaranteed time wasterNick could launch a question guaranteed to sidetrack the teacher long enough to delay or even wipe out the homework assignment So when Nick attempts to derail the infamous Mrs Granger with the question where do words come from , he has no idea that she ll get the better of him Loved it This book was a breeze to read, but not light on making the reader think Fifth grader Nick is an expert at asking the delaying question also known as the teacher stopper, or the guaranteed time waster...A curious fifth grader named Nick Allen loves to waste time in class While asking a question to waste time in class, he realized that the only reason that words mean what they mean is because we say they do Nick decides to conduct an experiment, and soon every student in the fifth grade is playing along Before Nick knows it, the whole community is consumed in his idea, and it then proceeds to change his town, his country, and his life.I thought that this book was a fun read It had nice chara A curious fifth grader named Nick Allen loves to waste time in class While asking a question to waste time in...

Frindle
  • English
  • 08 December 2018
  • Paperback
  • 105 pages
  • 0689818769
  • Andrew Clements
  • Frindle