shopping cart
Save up to 30% on our Staff Picks
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Interviews | October 6, 2009

Jill Owens: IMG The Powells.com Interview with Margaret Atwood

0 comments By Jill Owens

margaretatwoodIn her 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood describes a future after humanity had been almost entirely wiped out by a plague. Jimmy, aka Snowman, lives... Continue »
  1. $18.86 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    The Year of the Flood

    Margaret Atwood

Frindle

by Andrew Clements

Frindle Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

Synopsis:

Of all Nick's ideas, the frindle is his most successful. It's a pen, or what used to be called a pen. Soon, much of the nation is crazy about frindles--except for Mrs. Granger, Nick's teacher, who, although she doesn't realize it, was the inspiration for the idea.

Synopsis:

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.

back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 2 comments:
Nancy Foote, July 27, 2008 (view all comments by Nancy Foote)
This is one of my all-time favorite books. It is geared for kids, but the message in this book applies to us all. One person can make a difference. This lively book entertains, and is short enough that it can be read in a light-hearted afternoon.

Help your kids get back intot the groove of school -- get them this book to read as a back-to-school gift!
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(4 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
Jenn, September 2, 2006 (view all comments by Jenn)
Even though this is a children's book, I really enjoyed this and have recommended it to several people since I've read it. Nick renames a pen a "Frindle" and the word spreads. His teacher tries to put an end to the nonsense, but the word is spreading and everyone is calling a pen a "Frindle". There's a lovely unexpected ending as well.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(5 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
View all 2 comments
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780689818769
ill.:
Selznick, Brian.
Author:
Selznick, Brian
Author:
Clements, Andrew
Publisher:
Aladdin Paperbacks
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Boys / Men
Subject:
Boys
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
School & Education
Subject:
Teacher-student relationships
Subject:
School attendance
Subject:
Schools -- Fiction.
Subject:
Schools
Copyright:
1998
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
February 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
761x523x36 20
Age Level:
08-12
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $3.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Because of Winn-Dixie

    Kate Dicamillo
  2. $3.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Avon Camelot Books)

    Sachar And Mccauley
  3. $4.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Warriors Series: Into the Wild (Warriors #01)

    Erin Hunter
  4. $2.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Stone Fox

    John R Gardiner
  5. $3.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Blubber (Yearling Books)

    Judy Blume
  6. $1.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Whipping Boy

    Sid Fleischman
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.