A novel for younger learners of English on power, hierarchy and the value of words and creativity. Protagonist Nick is the class clown at school. When he has to write an essay on where words come from, he gets an idea. This is when he starts calling a pen a frindle. The word spreads quickly, and when the school principle demands Nick stop this nonsense, the situation is already out of Nick’s control.

Novel · United States · 1996