As Letty finds out, the story revolves around the first compiler of an English dictionary, Dr Samuel Johnson. When published in 1755, it didn't include any words starting with "X".
And it is this fact... which sets Letty on her hunt.
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Norwich author Penny Boxall has just published her exciting second children’s book, Letty and the Mystery of the Word Thieves.