Frindle /
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control. Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
[1996]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control. Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a frindle. It doesn't take long for frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens. |
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| Physical Description: | 105 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Awards: | Christopher Award Rhode Island Children's Book Award New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Massachusetts Children's Book Award Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award Georgia Children's Book Award Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelance Award Washington Sasquatch Children's Book Award South Dakota Prarie Pasque Award Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nevada Young Reader's Award North Carolina Children's Book Award Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award Texas Children's Crown Award Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Utah Children's Book Award Awarded: Premio Cassa di Risparmio di Cento di Letteratura per Ragazzi of Cento, Italy |
| ISBN: | 0689806698 9780689806698 9781442013339 1442013338 |