Characters
A 5th grade student who likes to think of problems and solve them
Nick Allen
When someone has total control over something.
Mrs. Granger has a ____________ on 5th grade language arts.
monopoly
The school where the book takes place
Lincoln
"Here's your... frindle."
Nick Allen
Wears two suits in two different colors, and comes to school no matter the weather, rain or shine
Mrs. Granger
A sworn promise.
Nick and his friends made an ____ making a promise to always use the word frindle.
oath
Nick is famous for getting his class out of having homework. How does he do it?
asking a time-wasting question (aka thought grenade)
"Look it up! That's why we have the dictionary!"
Mrs. Granger
Nick's friend who was with him when he made up the word frindle
Janet
What was the consequence for asking Mrs. Granger where words come from?
Nick making an oral report where he researches it himself.
"My grades are looking great, because when I came here I already knew how to put first things first."
James Allen, Nick's older brother
Nick's class made a tropical island out of this character's classroom
Miss Deaver, the third grade teacher
Why did Nick made a peep sound during Mrs. Avery's class?
Her nose reminded him of a beak of a hawk, so he made a blackbird noise.
"I didn't fall. I saw something...Look."
Janet Fisk
The first person exposed to the word frindle - besides for Nick and his friends
The lady at the register at the Penny Pantry store
Name one of the 3 events that inspired Nick to make up the word frindle
1) Mrs. Granger said words have meaning because we say they do 2) He remembered his baby word for music: gwagala 3) Janet found a gold pen
"It's so nice to have a teacher who takes her work this seriously."
Mrs. Allen, Nick's mother