Charlie's parents have left him (again). This time they are off to South Africa to help giant golden moles. And Charlie? He's been dumped with his TV-obsessed grandparents. Lonely and curious, Charlie heads to the village of Castle-on-the-Hudson, where a frightened old woman gives him a desperate message-in sign language. When the woman suddenly disappears, Charlie is determined to find answers. Frog, who is Deaf, would rather be solving crimes than...

"When G wants to be first in the alphabet song, A has a BIG problem! G cant be first. Not today, not tomorrow, and not next week. A tells G if they change the order of the alphabet song, no one will how to read, and reading will be DESTROYED! Will reading be destroyed if G is first? G is willing to find out!"--Provided by publisher.