FRINDLE

FRINDLE by Andrew Clements

Nick Allen likes to try and derail his teachers. If he can just get them off topic, maybe the class can steer clear of the planned lesson, and he won't have to put much effort into class. However, he seems to have met his match in Mrs. Granger. He can't seem to get the derailing trick to work with her. He's going to have to rethink his strategy. She really likes her dictionary and having kids look up words. Surely there's something he can do with that! How exactly are words made? What would happen if he created his own word for say...pen? Maybe, it could be a frindle. Before Nick knows it, the entire school is taken with the word, and Mrs. Granger seems to be a bit annoyed at the whole process. Did Nick bite off more than he could chew, or is Mrs. Granger playing him as much as he is playing her?