In the long-awaited follow-up to the beloved classic Frindle, a new generation of kids discovers the power of words and imagination тАУ and yes, even screens тАУ to solve a mystery and change their world!
тАЬA fitting final work from a master storyteller.тАЭтАФKirkus Reviews
Josh Willet is a techie, a serious gamer.┬аWhich is why Josh and his friends canтАЩt stand Mr. NтАЩs ELA class; itтАЩs a strict no-tech zone. Mr. N makes them write everything out by hand, he wonтАЩt use a Smartboard, and heтАЩs obsessed with some hundred-year-old grammar book. Then Josh discovers a secret; turns out Mr. N's been keeping a lot more than technology from his students!┬аTogether with his best friend Vanessa, and using all the computer skills theyтАЩve got, Josh is determined to solve the mystery of Mr. NтАЩs past.┬аAnd maybe get some screentime back, too?┬а
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Andrew ClementsтАЩs final novel is a timely oneтАФabout the importance of language, the changes that come along with technology (good and bad), and how sometimes you have to challenge what you think you know. Set a whole generation later, this novel can be read on its own or alongside Frindle and is destined to become another timeless classic.