Charlie is severely dyslexic. He is also brilliant at computers and football and very popular at school. School isn't a problem; his family is. They are readers all - manic readers with their noses constantly in books - and they run a second-hand bookshop. And because Charlie can't read, they send him to a counsellor, convinced that will be the answer. When magical Lilac Peabody arrives on the scene, she helps Charlie realise that it is his family who have the problem, not him, and he is able to sort out the situation with the help of his sister. Their parents have lost their young dreams, and instead of doing the things they would like to do (because they have no money) they read about them instead. Charlie and his friends hatch a far-out plan that puts his family back on the right track. A short book for newly confident readers, with black and white illustrations, printed in double-spaced, clear print. A unique approach to the problems dyslexia can bring.