Charlie and her family have moved from the big city to a small country village, and everything feels wrong. The cottage they now live in is old and creepy. Anxiety about her new school is causing Charlie`s stutter to return. And the villagers are just plain weird: Beautiful young singer Suzy Evans, who glows with a strange light that only Charlie can see. Mysterious classmate Cat, who won`t keep her nose out of Charlie`s business. And Agatha, who may not have a broomstick or a cauldron, but is definitely a witch...Slowly and steadily, though, the strange surroundings exert their effect on Charlie...Would a bit of Agatha`s magic fix her worsening stutter? Nothing else seems to...But bad-tempered Agatha has long since retired from magic. Besides, she tells Charlie, her stutter is part of who she is, not a curse that can be removed. Not like the curse that`s been put on Suzy Evans, the sparkling singer, who is set to lose her wonderful voice when she turns sixteen in just a week`s time...