Nick Allen invents the most greatest idea ever. But to figure it out you are going to have to read the book! ( )

my fourth grade teacher read us this book it is exilent ( )

I read this book to my third-grade son, and we both loved it. Nick Allen is a smart, mischievous fifth grader. His language arts teacher, the no-nonsense Mrs. Granger, is a stickler for good grammar and insists that her students use the dictionary when they don't know the meaning of a word. On the first day of school, she assigns Nick an oral report on the origin of words. When Nick learns that words get their meanings through the consensus of everyone, he decides to call ink pens by a new name - frindle - and the word wars are on! Will Nick convince everyone to use the word frindle? Or will Mrs. Granger's after-school punishments discourage the use of the new word? Clements keeps us on the edge of our seats until the end.

Ben and I liked this book because the story was an interesting one. The plot moved along quickly. The hero of the book, Nick Allen, is a likable kid, and Mrs. Granger makes a good bad guy. While the overall theme of the book - kids struggling against the rules and regulations of adults - is a common one in juvenile fiction, Clements pulls it off better than most. He captures the perspective of both sides effectively. And the ending of the book was both surprising and satisfying. We highly recommend this book. ( )

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of a dictionaryaround on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves out of his control.

Everyone knew that Nick was good at making the teacher forget homework. However his new fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Granger, was not so easily fooled. Nick is a trouble maker but in a good way for the kids! When Nick finds a pen in the street everything changes. A pen is no longer a pen, it's a frindle! The battle between Mrs. Granger and Nick begins. If you read this book you will find out all about language. We think you should read this book because it is funny and exciting. This book is also an award winner. The story makes a good read aloud for students aged seven years and up.