From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements, a quirky,
imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of language that
will have readers inventing their own words--now available in a deluxe
paperback edition!
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.