Lenny Dwyers Vocabulary List is the story of a recently retired high school English teacher whose life is coming dangerously close to monotonous. After forty-two years of educating Wisconsins youth, Lenny thought he was ready for the quiet life. But this drastic change from seeing hundreds of teenagers every day to constantly being alone leads him to believe that the best years of his life have passed him by. When he is approached with a once in a lifetime offer, Lenny is taken on a voyage across the ocean and across time. Lennys journey into his past is replete with friendship, belief, laughter, and self-discovery while at the same time fraught with guilt, violence, secrets, and loss.