"This is kids' ticket into an utterly different kind of vocabulary learning--an energy-juiced, falling in love with words. I wish I were back in school again, and my teacher had read this book." --Ellin Oliver Keene Any teacher who has challenged a sunny day with the phrase "vocabulary lesson" only to see a dark cloud descend over the room knows that students can be downright word resistant. Break out of the vocab doldrums once and for...