This is a cracking-good mystery, which also just happens to be about a boy with dyslexia. Tim is about to spend a boring summer with a tutor, improving his reading skills. He is excellent at maths and most subjects, but reading has eluded him. His tutor, Rhonda, turns out to be a practical and imaginative thirteen year old, who helps him not only with his reading but with his adventure too. Suffice it to say that this adventure includes a mysterious man next door, a kidnapped child, and a voluble American mother. All ends well, and Tim and Rhoda are heroes. There is enough about Tim's dyslexia to make him an interesting role model. He is certainly an inordinately brave eleven year old. A substantial read with black and white line drawings. Good stuff!