A story to warm the heart of very child with a curious and rebellious streak

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	• Frindle Andrew Clements Aladdin, 1998 - 112 pages average customer review:based on 341 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I actually read this

This is a great book. This book is about a scheming kid named Nick who loves to waste class time. So he comes up with schemes to distract teachers from their subjects. In fifth grade he gets a teacher with staring mean eyes. So he tries to trick her, it doesn't work. That trick ends up giving him a long paper to do. I have trouble finding books, but this book was great! You may think it's too short but this book packs a lot of action.

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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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A story to warm the heart of very child with a curious and rebellious streak

This book should be a classic, it demonstrates how a child can rebel against his teachers and yet do it in a positive way. Nick Allen is a bit of a troublemaker in school; he has many "good" ideas and is always trying them out. He reaches fifth grade, and the only language arts teacher is the elderly Mrs. Granger. When one of his ideas goes astray, Nick is required to develop a presentation to the whole class. In typical Nick style, he develops a long presentation that effectively uses up the entire class period.
In response to Mrs. Granger's statements about the meaning of a word being based totally on how it is used, he starts calling a writing pen a frindle. The idea catches on with the other students in the school, over the opposition of Mrs. Granger and the principal. Children are required to stay after school and write one hundred times: "I am writing this punishment with a pen."
The punishment becomes a badge of honor among the students and it draws the attention of the local paper and then the news media. Once the national news media picks it up, Nick is a star and the school is forced to back down. A local businessman starts to market pens engraved with the phrase "frindle" as well as t-shirts and other merchandise. Nick becomes wealthy and the story closes with two points. The first is that Nick donates a large sum of money for scholarships and he learns that Mrs. Granger was in fact rooting for him all along.
The story is charming because it is similar to many of the biographies of successful people. Even when young, they were different, often rebellious and their teachers had a difficult time with them. They were inquisitive, puzzled and always trying to do new things. By presenting this story with a very successful and happy ending, Clements gives heart to all children who are like Nick.

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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!

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Frindle Review
The book is a pretty good book and it's not as hilarious as it was supposed to be from the back cover .This book was not entertaining as some other books because the main character was kind of dull .But it was probably one the funniest books I have read so far]. BUT, still I give the book rate of 4 out of 5. So frindle is a pretty good book.
Edited by john Patrick Russell nakayama
Written by john Patrick Russell nakayama

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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.

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