Editing Frindle (section)

==Plot==
Nicholas "Nick" Allen is a class clown who has been formulating creative schemes throughout [[grade school]]. At the start of [[fifth grade]] in 1987, he is unhappy because his English teacher is the no-nonsense Mrs. Granger. One day, in an attempt to forestall, Nick decides to question Mrs. Granger on where each word in the [[dictionary]] comes from. This backfires, as Mrs. Granger assigns him an [[essay]] about it. From this experience, Nick learns that individuals get to determine what words mean, and when he comes across a gold-colored pen in the street, he decides to give a "pen" a new name: ''frindle''.

Nick's classmates like the idea and soon, every child in the fifth grade starts using the word ''frindle''. Mrs. Granger makes any students who are caught saying ''frindle'' stay after school and [[Writing lines|write lines]], but this proves to be a problem, as this causes almost every student to stay after school. The [[school principal]] decides to visit Nick's house to end the use of ''frindle'', but the situation is beyond Nick's personal control, and the word's usage cannot be curtailed. ''Frindle'' starts to gain national attention, and a family friend purchases the [[merchandising]] rights to the word. The word ''frindle'' spreads across the nation, and Nick thinks through the trouble that this one scheme has caused.

In the [[epilogue]], Nick is a young adult. Mrs. Granger sends him a new copy of the dictionary, recently updated to include new words, including the word ''frindle''. She includes a letter, in which she explains that she intentionally [[Streisand effect|stood against]] the word in order to make it more popular. Nick sends back a present — the frindle that started it all, [[Engraving|engraved]] with the words, "This object belongs to Mrs. Lorelei Granger, and she may call it any name she chooses."