description: Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle? Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying frindle. Soon the school is in an uproar, and Nick has become a local hero. His teacher wants Nick to put an end to all this nonsense, but the funny thing is frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. The new word is spreading across the country, and there's nothing Nick can do to stop it. 
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Frindel
titlecomplete: Frindel (Frindle)
genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 117160
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 4-6, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 3-6, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association), awardedAt: 946713600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Washington State Sasquatch Award, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Bluestem Book Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: North Carolina Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Turtleback Books