Frindle - Another Name for Pen

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	• Frindle Andrew Clements Aladdin, 1998 - 112 pages average customer review:based on 344 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

How inventive are you?

Nick, the main character, decides to change a word and I think that it is great! He is making a big change in America and to our English language. A few buds and I are trying to change the word "Sharpener" to phraper. It is an awesome story!

Teacher's Grade: A

Andrew Clements has penned an excellent book to read aloud to a classroom of elementary school students between 2nd - 5th grade. The storyline is simplistic enough to be enjoyed by the younger children, while the older children will quickly cotton to the ideas the book puts forth as to the power of people to make changes. The chapters are short, the characters are engaging, and the storyline is captivating.

Highly recommended!

Teachers: If you read this be prepared to allow your students an opportunity to take part in their own 'frindlization' experiment!

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Really a Cute Book

I read this book to my Kindergartner who is a bit of a word-junkie. She just loved it. I thought the tension between the characters was really well-done, and unlike previous negative reviews, I didn't think there was a glaring lack of consequences for Nick. He was really a genuinely inquisitive kid who was a little bored with the hum drum of every day school. So he spices things up a bit with his little stunt.

Mrs. Granger, Nick's teacher, does not appreciate Nick's deviations and so, a 'war' ensues. But, it is one in which both sides have respect for their adversaries. Mrs. Granger's character is particularly well done and the reader finds him/herself admiring her pluck as well as her respect for the use of language and ultimately, the education of her charges.

I read some reviews that criticize the apparent lack of consequencess and I thought they were short-sighted. Nick, through this experience, is shaped and groomed and finds the one teacher who impacts him more than any other in his educational career. You can almost hear him tell stories to his kids and grandkids about Mrs. Granger and their battles.

I have purchased this book several times for gifts and will probably continue to do so. It has some good talking points, and is extremely creative. I haven't read other books by this author yet, but plan to do so in the near future.

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Written with Frindle!

This is a funny story about a battle between Nick Allen, the class clown and Mrs. Granger, the English teach that everyone is scared of. Nick has heard thet she is tough but decided to take on the challenge and finds out that she is as tough as they say she is. While doing an extra assignment from Mrs. Granger he decides to create a new word and then the fun begins. In this battle Nick finds himself in trouble, in the paper, and even on TV. In the end everyone learns a lesson and also gets a few rewards.
I really liked this book because I have had some teachers that I did not like and it made me think that maybe they were trying to help me out. I think that some teachers have a different way of helping their students but they all want the best for them. This is what Nick finds out about Mrs. Granger and in the end they have a friendship that will last for a long time.
This book also shows that a small idea can turn into something really big! You have to work on your ideas like Nick did and stand up for what you believe in. If you believe in your ideas, work hard and have respect for others then you can be successful.

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Frindle - Another Name for Pen

Andrew Clements is an amazing writer. This book has a beginning, a middle, an ending and then a here ever after. That is what I liked the best about this piece. I loved knowing the ending after the first ending. A simple writing tool, a pen, gets renamed a "Frindle" by Nick Allen who just wants to be himself and maybe cause a little trouble in between. This book is about writing and the tools you use to do so all wrapped up in a sometimes frustrating, funny, and freaky manner. The plot is original and the characters real and contemporary. If you want to share the concept of being unique while staying true to your friends and family, this would be the one! A great middle school read!

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