Dear Readers,
First of all I would like to thank Thoughtworks (a software MNC) for providing me the story book at their expense. I received the book at my door on the eve of 3 June. Now, I am writing the review of the story book as I have finished reading it (18:45, 05-06-2015). I was so much occupied by the book that my mother had to call me twice as I didn't listen to anyone at once. Now lets focus on the book.
The title of the book is Frindle. The very first thing that strikes to anyone's mind is "what is the meaning of 'frindle' ?" If you are going to search it in dictionary, you will end up nowhere. The whole story is about how a new word came into existence by the effort of a fifth-grade boy. This is an American Novel written by Andrew Clements. It was first published in 1996.
A boy named Nick is very intelligent and witty. He likes to experiment everything he studies/learn. Every topic/lecture has to be proved by experiments otherwise it is useless for Nick. When he entered in grade 5th in his school, he got an assignment from the language teacher named Mrs. Granger. The assignment was to present a report on how a word is included in the dictionary. The boy did his assignment and his report was very good. At the end of the class, Nick asked his teacher " Who decides that dog or anything is to be called by that specific name only?". The teacher also answered the question very genuinely "Nick, You decide it because you say so".
From there on the idea/statement stuck into the young boy's mind. He decided that if he controls what is the name given to the object, maybe then he can use a totally new word for an object. He went overboard to prove this. Students liked his idea and they started calling pen as "Frindle"!!! School authority did not like it. It laid down punishment/detention for the students who used the word 'Frindle'. But, Nick did not give up neither his friends. So the battle continued between students and school authority. Who won the battle? Maybe now you should go and read this book. I am sure you will like the idea of how new things come up if someone has enough will power which cannot be broken down.
How to get it ?
Its available on many on-line shopping sites. But , I will recommend that you buy it from Amazon because they are giving Rs. 20 off. The MRP of the book is Rs. 150 and Amazon is giving it for Rs. 130. Here is the link of Amazon for buying the book :
http://www.amazon.in/Frindle-Andrew-Clements/dp/0689818769/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433553886&sr=1-1&keywords=FRINDLE+BOOK
Thanks for Reading.
First of all I would like to thank Thoughtworks (a software MNC) for providing me the story book at their expense. I received the book at my door on the eve of 3 June. Now, I am writing the review of the story book as I have finished reading it (18:45, 05-06-2015). I was so much occupied by the book that my mother had to call me twice as I didn't listen to anyone at once. Now lets focus on the book.
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The title of the book is Frindle. The very first thing that strikes to anyone's mind is "what is the meaning of 'frindle' ?" If you are going to search it in dictionary, you will end up nowhere. The whole story is about how a new word came into existence by the effort of a fifth-grade boy. This is an American Novel written by Andrew Clements. It was first published in 1996.
A boy named Nick is very intelligent and witty. He likes to experiment everything he studies/learn. Every topic/lecture has to be proved by experiments otherwise it is useless for Nick. When he entered in grade 5th in his school, he got an assignment from the language teacher named Mrs. Granger. The assignment was to present a report on how a word is included in the dictionary. The boy did his assignment and his report was very good. At the end of the class, Nick asked his teacher " Who decides that dog or anything is to be called by that specific name only?". The teacher also answered the question very genuinely "Nick, You decide it because you say so".
From there on the idea/statement stuck into the young boy's mind. He decided that if he controls what is the name given to the object, maybe then he can use a totally new word for an object. He went overboard to prove this. Students liked his idea and they started calling pen as "Frindle"!!! School authority did not like it. It laid down punishment/detention for the students who used the word 'Frindle'. But, Nick did not give up neither his friends. So the battle continued between students and school authority. Who won the battle? Maybe now you should go and read this book. I am sure you will like the idea of how new things come up if someone has enough will power which cannot be broken down.
How to get it ?
Its available on many on-line shopping sites. But , I will recommend that you buy it from Amazon because they are giving Rs. 20 off. The MRP of the book is Rs. 150 and Amazon is giving it for Rs. 130. Here is the link of Amazon for buying the book :
http://www.amazon.in/Frindle-Andrew-Clements/dp/0689818769/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433553886&sr=1-1&keywords=FRINDLE+BOOK
Thanks for Reading.
