Frindle by Andrew Clements

The Locale: Olivia & Susan’s Home

The Book: Frindle is about a boy named Nick who gets a into a squeeze with vocabulary teacher. His vocab teacher happens to LOVE the dictionary. Nick happens to LOVE being a goofball and a smart aleck in class. It’s is a terrific read. A boy too creative for the confines of elementary school meets his match in an extremely exacting teacher. They square off in an epic battle over…an invented word?

The Fun: Girls brought an item from home, for which they invented a new name, described for the group, and played a guessing game. They also took turns answering discussion questions from a handmade fortune-teller, and later, they broke up into groups to play a game in which they had to decide whether or not 10 words were made-up or real, looking them up in a dictionary after they made their guesses. We had lots of fun, and we really loved it when Emma said, as she walked out the door, “I’m going to make a matching ORF and SQUIRF with my CLICK-CLACKS,” matching hat and scarf with knitting needles for those who unable to attend.

The Food: Olivia and Susan served croissant sandwiches, chocolate cake, trail mix, and fruit with Nutella. Yum, Yum.

The Vote: Emma and Diana presented three books, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Canterwood Crest: Take the Reins by Jessica Burkhart, and The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. The girls voted, and the winner was The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. We will be meeting on October 10th Emma and Diana’s home to discuss that book.

Up Next: Our next meeting will be at Perri and TJ’s house on September 12th, when we’ll discuss Double Fudge by Judy Blume.