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Mrs. Chatham
Nick's mother. It's implied that Mrs. Allen is the parent truly responsible for the "homework first" rule, which states that Nick and James must complete their homework before they can play. When Mrs. Chatham visits the Allen family to talk about "frindle" and to try to put a stop to the word, Mrs. Allen is annoyed. She thinks that "frindle" is just a harmless, childlike experiment in language and refuses to force Nick to stop. Mrs. Allen does want to make sure that Nick is being respectful, however.
Mrs. Allen Quotes in Frindle
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Chapter 6
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Then when Nick went to preschool, he learned that if he wanted his teacher and the other kids to understand him, he had to use the word music. But gwagala meant that nice sound to Nick, because Nick said so. Who says gwagala means music? "You do, Nicholas."
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Chapter 12
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"Well," said Nick, "The funny thing is, even though I invented it, it's not my word anymore. Frindle belongs to everyone now, and I guess everyone will figure out what happens together."
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Mrs. Allen Quotes in Frindle
The Frindle quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Allen or refer to Mrs. Allen. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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Then when Nick went to preschool, he learned that if he wanted his teacher and the other kids to understand him, he had to use the word music. But gwagala meant that nice sound to Nick, because Nick said so. Who says gwagala means music? "You do, Nicholas."
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Chapter 12
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"Well," said Nick, "The funny thing is, even though I invented it, it's not my word anymore. Frindle belongs to everyone now, and I guess everyone will figure out what happens together."
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