Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door

<div><p>Alex Jennings is a boy with a problem.</p><p></p><p>His mum's sent him away to boarding school because his father, the most famously failed explorer in the history of the Cusp, has escaped from hospital again, yelling 'squiggles'.</p><p></p><p>Make that two problems.</p><p></p><p>Now the evil Davidus Kyte and all his henchmen are after Alex, convinced he alone knows the meaning of the word 'squiggles'.</p><p></p><p>OK, make that three -</p><p></p><p>Alex Jennings is a boy with a lot of problems. But with the help of a talking dog and a girl with unfeasibly sharp teeth, he just might have what it takes to cross the Forbidden Lands, escape the evil Davidus Kyte, and find out what lies beyond the Cusp . . .</p></div>