"The Gates of Hell Are About to Open Mind the Gap"This book is described as young adult fiction , but don't let that designation prevent you from reading it. True enough, the main character is a clever young boy (Samuel Johnson) with a clever little dog (Boswell), but this kid is dealing with some truly adult themes with grace and aplomb as only a clever child could. He is not hampered by adult notions of what "can" and "can't" happen. He only knows what has happened and what must be stopped.
There appears to be (to my definitely-not-a-scientist mind) some hard science going on here, what with the action being forwarded by a mishap at the Large Hadron Collider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider) and scientists eventually catching on to what has happened and joining forces with Samuel & Boswell to stop it.
But what really sold me on this book was the footnotes. Yes, the footnotes. They're hilarious! They have this really entertaining "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" sort of flavor so if you're a Douglas Adams fan, then there's another good reason to give this book a look.
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