"Frindle", read by John Fleming, is about a fifth grade boy named Nick
who is always getting in trouble. His teacher is very strict, and
makes the class constantly check the dictionary. Nick gets the idea to
make up words, and begins calling a pen by a new name, "frindle." This
idea catches on and all the kids begin calling pens "frindles." Nick
runs into trouble when the adults want him to stop calling pens
"frindles" but the word has caught on, all over the country. The book
has a happy ending, with Nick successfully turning "frindle" into a
real word that is even published in the dictionary.
