Wordchanger

by Mary Haynes

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old William discovers his stepfather has created a machine capable of changing the printed word and fears that his intentions are sinister. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440996716
• ISBN13: 9780440996712
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Customer Reviews

Wordchanger changes everything you knew about books

I first read Wordchanger in the spring of 1997, when I was in eighth grade. My sister and I loved it, but aside from the school library, haven't been able to find it anywhere, until now. It's an unusual story, but Mary Haynes writes in such a frank, realistic way as to make you suspend your disbelief quite easily. It seems it could be good for ages over 12 too, since it doesn't read like a kitschy sci fi, or wacky kid's story, and it makes you realize how word changing can make all the difference, especially in that our culture today has everything in writing.