Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school – and he’s always had plenty of great ideas. But it looks like Nick’s days of classroom shenanigans are over – thanks to his no-nonsense teacher, Mrs. Granger. That is, until Nick learns an interesting tidbit about how words are created. This inspires his greatest plan yet; invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen – it’s a frindle. But what happens when the word starts to catch on. . . around school, around town? Suddenly, frindle doesn’t belong to Nick anymore. The word is spreading and there’s nothing Nick can do to stop it. . . .