Frindle is a 1996 children's novel written by American author Andrew Clements and illustrated by Brian Selznick. Frindle is Clements's first novel. All his previous works had been picture books. The book has received more than 35 awards and honors, including the Christopher Award, 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. [1] Clements describes the idea as having come to him in the form of the thought, "What would happen if a kid started using a new word, and other kids really liked it, but his teacher didn't?" [2]

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Plot summary

One day, a young boy with many creative and new ideas decides to start calling a pen a "frindle". He drives teachers and parents mad and even brings the issue into the news. Years later, his old teacher writes to him with a copy of the dictionary. On page 541, the word "frindle" appears.

The word

; Frindle ['frin dl] n. : A writing device, usually a ballpoint pen. ^[3]

Further releases

A 10th anniversary edition was released in 2006, including an afterword written by Clements.

Notes

1. Simon & Schuster: Frindle (Hardcover)
2. EPA's Top 100 Authors: Andrew Clements
3. Andrew Clements, ''Frindle''.