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Lexi and Al Hunter are twins who couldn't be more different. When their pet rat Doug escapes into a library renovation, they stumble upon an old book, "Walker & Fuller's Curious Dictionary of English Complication." This leads them on an enchanting journey through time to rectify historical events and save words from extinction. Armed with glowing pegs and a sense of adventure, they delve into various eras while tackling the challenges of knowledge burnings. Join them on their quest to preserve language and learn about history in this delightful tale!
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WORDHUNTERSTHE CURIOUS DICTIONARY BY HANNAH DUMBLETON
ORIENTATION Twins Lexi and Al Hunter have almost nothing in common except their parents and their birthday! At school Lexi hangs with her BFFS and Al likes to hide in the library reading about history and battles and far away places. one lunchtime Lexi and Al are reading in the library when AL's pet rat Doug escapes into a bit of the library that’s being renovated Lexi and Al chase after him only to stumble upon an old book called: WALKER & FULLERS CURIOUS DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH
COMPLICATION While investigating this curious dictionary Al notices a strange golden glowing light coming from in side so he opens it to the page and it reads: Hello Exclamation to draw attention (variant of hallo, hullo) Underneath was a glowing & morebutton so Al pushes it and a fog rolls in around the twins feet and then they started falling.
COMPLICATION CONTINUED Once they had finished recovering from the fall Lexi and Al stood up and realised they weren’t in the library anymore and they weren’t wearing their uniform any more. Then Al noticed a glowing coming from his bag. Inside were 4 golden pegs one which was glowing. He then took it out of the bag and read it, it said: 1877 MELENO PARK NEW JERSEY USA
RESOLUTION So the twins have to go back to different times in history and fix it so that it is the same as it is in the future. But it Is not as easy as they think because there has been lots of knowledge burnings because of the difference in history. The twins manage to do it BUT they have only stopped hello from becoming extinct.
EXTRA INFO Lexi and Al then have to go back and do the same things for the words WATER and curious dictionary. This was a really interesting book and I rate it 10/10.