St Percival's School is in trouble. Funds have run dry and the bulldozers are standing by to turn it into a shopping centre. The school's survival now depends on six intrepid students. Can the Great Gherkin Geography Questers solve the cryptic geography clues devised by Septimus J Gherkin and claim his bequest of a squntillion dollars and seventeen cents?
Join the geographically curious Harrison, Phoebe, Cytronella, Freda, Wyungara, Wheels and their long-suffering teacher, Miss Take, as they travel the globe aboard their craft SPASM, battling mechanical failure, a cantakerous robot and a severe shortage of chocolate.