The Word Gang is the story of lives transformed by friendship and good vocabulary. It’s also the story of a lonely old philosopher (Mr. Spinoza) and a lonely young girl (Kalisha Jackson). He can speak seventeen languages but has no one to talk to; she’s cut school for a year, and no one knows. Complicating matters is Kalisha’s friendship with BD and Sahmbaht. She’s falling in love with both of them.