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The principal of Lincoln Elementary School. She's a tall and broad woman whom Nick notes is as tall as his father, Mr. Allen. Mrs. Chatham only becomes involved in the "frindle" business when she's forced to stay after school one day and help Mrs. Granger manage the 200 students who earned detention by saying the word “frindle.” Mrs. Chatham believes that the students are revolting and refusing to respect authority by using their new word instead of "pen," and more than anything, she's afraid that she and Mrs. Granger will lose their jobs and the school's tax money for letting the story get out. When Nick begins to think of the fight as a chess game, he refers to Mrs. Chatham as Mrs. Granger's queen.
Mrs. Chatham Quotes in Frindle
The Frindle quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Chatham or refer to Mrs. Chatham. 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 8
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And the next day, all the fifth graders did it again, and so did a lot of other students—over two hundred kids.
Parents called to complain. The school bus drivers threatened to go on strike. And then the school board and the superintendent got involved.
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Chapter 9
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Nick shook his head. "I can't, Dad. It won't work. It's a real word now. It used to be just mine, but not anymore."
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Chapter 10
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What could she say, though? Mrs. Chatham couldn't very well keep the reporter away from Mrs. Granger because, after all, America is a free country with a free press.
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Mrs. Chatham Quotes in Frindle
The Frindle quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Chatham or refer to Mrs. Chatham. 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 8
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And the next day, all the fifth graders did it again, and so did a lot of other students—over two hundred kids.
Parents called to complain. The school bus drivers threatened to go on strike. And then the school board and the superintendent got involved.
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Chapter 9
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Nick shook his head. "I can't, Dad. It won't work. It's a real word now. It used to be just mine, but not anymore."
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Chapter 10
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What could she say, though? Mrs. Chatham couldn't very well keep the reporter away from Mrs. Granger because, after all, America is a free country with a free press.
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