Since 1985, Clements has published over 80 books, including Extra Credit and No Talking. Clements draws inspiration from his experience teaching fourth grade, eighth grade, and high school to develop his themes and characters. The novel explores themes about differing adult and student perspectives, actions and their consequences, and the power of language. The story follows a fifth-grade boy named Nick Allen who-both for fun and to exasperate his strict language arts teacher who has a special reverence for vocabulary-creates a new word for pen: “frindle.” Nick’s new word captures more attention than he expected, and soon the town and nation engage in a controversy surrounding how people ought to use vocabulary.
Frindle is a 1996 middle grade novel by children’s author Andrew Clements and illustrated by Brian Selznick.
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