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|title=Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door
|author=Ross Montgomery
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=If there's a young reader in your life who loves mystery and adventure stories with a large dollop of the eccentric stirred into the mix, then you could do worse than point them in the direction of this silly (in a good way!) book. What happened to Alex's dad that makes him constantly run away, even when he's promised not to? Why does he think he's not human any more? Why does he keep shouting ''squiggles''? And what really lies at the centre of the mysterious forest on the edge of town?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571294618</amazonuk>
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|summary=Iceland, a hundred years ago. From a place that is the very definition of rural and remote, a small fishing boat leaves for four hours' hard row to a profitable bank. It carries six men on the way out, and five on the way back. The deceased is the best friend – or perhaps only friend – of the main character, who is still young enough to merely be known as ''boy''. When he returns to port he enters an almost Camus-like semi-existence, wondering just how much life is an answer, and for what, after the tragedy he has witnessed.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849164061</amazonuk>
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