Frindle

by Andrew Clements

Frindle

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Book Information

Publication Date: December 19, 1996


Reading Level: Lexile Measure 830L, Grades 4 - 6


Interest Level: Grades 4 - 8, Age Range: 9 to 12


Major Awards: Christopher Award


Number of Pages: 122 pages


Word Count: 16232


Audible Book Length: 1 hr and 40 mins


Book Themes: Language - the Value of Words, Creativity, Power and Rules, Inspirational People


Genre: fiction, children's literature


Setting: mid 1990's, small town of Westfield, New Hampshire, much of the action takes place at Lincoln Elementary School


Important Quote: From this day on and forever, I will never use the word PEN again. Instead, I will use the word FRINDLE, and I will do everything possible so others will, too.


First Line: If you asked the kids and the teachers at Lincoln Elementary School to make three lists—all of the really bad kids, all the really smart kids, and all the really good kids—Nick Allen would not be on any of them.


Point of View: third person omniscient

 

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Vocabulary List

abrupt
absorb
acquainted
acquire
aisle
anchorman
annoy
awkward
badge
beaming
cameo
celebrity
chatter
clatter
command
commotion
complication
concentrate
controversial
crimson
crumple
delight
deserve
detention
disruption

emphasize
endures
essential
etymology
fluorescent
forbid
frantic
furious
gazette
grenade
guardian
handy
hesitate
impatient
imprint
interrupt
interview
jumble
launch
limousine
linoleum
liven
monopoly
oath
oblong

phony
plop
pounce
preliminary
procedure
publish
purse
quill
rascal
rebellion
remarkable
reputation
royalty
ruckus
sidetrack
spike
stoop
superintendent
thermostat
trademark
tropical
troublemaker
universe
vandalism villain

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Scholastic Frindle Discussion Guide

Simon and Schuster Frindle

Andrew Clements Website



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