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Frindle

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.

Main Author: Clements, Andrew, 1949-
Other Authors: Selznick, Brian (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1996.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Teacher-student relationships > Juvenile fiction.
Teachers > Juvenile fiction.
Words, New > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
School fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 105 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780689818769
0689818769
9780689806698
0689806698
Author Notes: Andrew Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey on May 7, 1949. He received a bachelor's degree in literature from Northwestern University and master's degree in teaching from National Louis University. Before becoming a full-time author, he taught in the public schools north of Chicago for seven years, was a singer-songwriter, and worked in publishing.

He is well known for his picture book texts, but it was his middle school novel, Frindle, that was a breakthrough for his writing career. Frindle won numerous awards including the Georgia Children's Book Award, the Sasquatch Children's Book Award, the Massachusetts Children's Book Award, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award, and the Year 2000 Young Hoosier Book Award. His other works include The Landry News, The Janitor's Boy, No Talking, Things Not Seen, Things Hoped For, and Things That Are.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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