In his latest book, Frindle author Andrew Clements shines a focus on grades, both good and bad, thanks to a fifth-grade genius. Keep Nora Rose Rowley's brilliance to yourself. She wants to keep it that way because she has made it to the fifth grade without anyone realising that she is not just an ordinary child. But, Nora eventually grows weary of how much value everyone places on grades and test results, so she purposefully brings home a subpar report card to make a statement. Her secret is now known, and she is suddenly the centre of the attention she had skillfully avoided her entire life. And that's when things really start to become tricky.