Andrew Clements got the idea for his first novel when he asked himself, "What would happen if a kid started using a new word, and other kids really liked it, but his teacher didn't?" Class clown Nick Allen was born, along with his whimsical idea to catapult the word "frindle" to national stardom.
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For more on how words and languages evolve over time, read Do You Speak Miami?
