Frindle

Andrew Clements. Aladdin Paperbacks, $5.99 (112pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81876-9

Trying to aggravate a tough language-arts teacher, a fifth-grade boy invents a new word for pen: ""frindle."" Soon, the whole country is using it. ""Dictionary lovers will cotton to this mild classroom fantasy,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Feb.)

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