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"If you asked all the kids and the teachers at Lincoln Elementary School to make three lists - all the really bad kids, all the really smart kids, and all the really good kids - Nick Allen would not be on any of them. Nick deserved a list all his own, and everyone knew it.

"Was Nick a troublemaker? Hard to say. One thing's for sure: Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them."

And so begins the tale called "Frindle," a story written by Andrew Clements and quite the engaging narrative. Clements weaves his yarn around the main character, Nick, who happens to be a fifth-grader.

"Fifth grade was different," notes Nick. "That was the year to get ready for middle school. Fifth grade meant passing classes. It meant no morning recess. It meant real letter grades on your report cards. But most of all, it meant Mrs. Granger."