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Overview
This chilling NYT bestseller from Anthony Horowitz, "a master of edge-of-your-seat writing" (Booklist,
starred) is "an exhilarating read" (Kirkus) that "should attract a strong following" (PW)
As punishment for a crime he didn't really commit, Matt was given a choice: go to jail or
go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Malling.
He should have chosen jail.
A strange and sinister plan is coming together made in Lesser Malling, with Matt at the
center of it all. People who try to help him disappear . . . or die. It all ties to an evil place
named Raven's Gate - a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt's own.
Editorial Reviews
Publishers Weekly
Horowitz (the Alex Rider series) unveils a thoroughly creepy new tale with this first entry in the
Gatekeepers series. The novel opens as 14-year-old Matt Freeman reluctantly helps an older friend
break into a warehouse. A frequent truant (he has lived with his aunt since his parents were killed in
a car accident), Matt's problems grow exponentially worse when he finds himself charged as an
accessory to assault after his friend stabs a security guard during the failed burglary. Matt is offered
a chance to participate in the LEAF Program (Liberty and Education Achieved Through Fostering),
which sends troubled youths to rural settings where "there are fewer temptations." In the custody of
severe, stern Mrs. Deverill, Matt must clean the pigsty among other chores. But his tasks pale
compared to the gathering threat in the village of Lesser Malling. Though he tries to escape, Matt
finds his attempts thwarted by unseen forces, and he soon realizes that his presence in Lesser
Malling is no accident. Among Mrs. Deverill's belongings he makes a chilling discovery: "The
photograph was black-and-white, taken with a telephoto lens.... With a sense of horror and sickness,
he realized he was looking at a picture of himself. This was his parents' funeral. Six years ago."
Sinister magic melds with modern technology, and Matt's few allies are killed off one by one.
Horowitz's talent for building suspense is as strong as ever, and this unnatural tale, which descends
into ancient evils, should attract a strong following. Ages 12-up. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business
Information.
READERS REVIEWS
I have read Nightrise, not relizing this was a seiries,I went to Necropolis, agian not readimg the books in order, I need
to buy all the Horrowitz seiries and read them in order Horrowitz really turns up the action I give my friends advice to
read all of his books they say nothing happens they get to the next page they tell me THERE IS SOOOO MUCH
ACTION !!!!! I say I told you. They are giving people advice to read these books I really like his books i wil remind
myself about his books I wish I could be in his books like be Scarlett Adams, or be someone thaybis a Gate Keeper a
new girl. Maybe she could be British and her name could be Hayley James and...... never mind Im talking about the
book. I strongly want everyone that can : PLEASE READ THESE BOOKS!!!!!! Thanks for reding this long note
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My hands were glued to the book! Anthony Horowitz book Raven's Gate was one of the best Supernatural Fiction
books I have ever read. Horowitz was born in England to a wealthy Jewish family. He also went to the University of
York and graduated with a BA. The theme of the book is to believe in yourself, and to trust your gut.
The main character is a 14 year-old boy named Matt. He loses his parents at a very young age and is forced to move in
with his Aunt Gwenda and her boyfriend. He soon turns to petty crimes, and eventually gets caught and put into the
LEAF program. When he arrives to Lesser Malling, he realizes something bad is going on, and is determined to found
out what is going on, get out, or both. The book kept me at the edge of my seat. It was very entertaining because of the
way it was written. This book makes me wonder what could really be out there. I don't think I will ever endure
something like this, but it sure would be interesting if I had to. If you like this kind of genre, go out today and get it! It
is that good.
when Matt is there? Who knows what goes on in museums after dark? Plus, all the phenomenon
about witches is involved, and the mystery of Stonehenge. I absolutely loved this book, I'm a Sci-Fi
geek myself. You should defiantly try this book out!
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More Editorial Reviews
School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up-At the outset of this first book in Anthony Horowitz's latest series (Scholastic, 2005), 14-
year-old Matt is arrested at the scene of an electronics warehouse break-in. Soon, he's remanded to
the home of a crone in a country village. She's ornery, but the village is out and out creepy: he can't
find a road that goes anywhere but in a circle and it seems everyone to whom he turns for help
winds up dead. Horowitz's Alex Rider books presented the boy against the system of national
espionage. Matt's situation is even worse-his opponents are witches. Simon Prebble's pacing as Matt
struggles from quicksand, is chased by dinosaurs through the Natural History Museum, and finds
himself about to be sacrificed by the coven in a secluded wood remains agonizingly steady, wringing
every drop of horror from the author's carefully drawn plot in this fantasy set in modern times.-
Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
This first in a projected series by the author of the Alex Rider books has it all-mystery, suspense,
conspiracies, occult elements and science gone amuck-and instead of becoming a novelistic mish-
mash, it all works. Rejected by his only living relative, betrayed to the police by a supposed friend,
Matt Freeman chooses to serve a probationary sentence on an English farm near York rather than in
a juvenile detention center. Shortly after he arrives at Hive Hill-the farm owned by his sinister
guardian-a thoroughly terrified Matt discovers that he can't escape either the farm or the mysterious
destiny facing him. In this page-turner, Horowitz constantly jacks up the tension, ricocheting from
catastrophe to disaster and violently killing off any adults who try to help Matt. Many of the 20
chapters end in cliffhangers, while the spectacular climax and surprising conclusion provide both a
satisfying ending and a good set-up for the next in the series. Go. Visit. Have an exhilarating read.
(Fiction. 10-14)$100,000 ad/promo budget
From the Publisher
VOYA 10/1/05
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz .
In the first installment of his new Gatekeepers series, Horowitz moves
from the action-thriller genre in his Alex Rider series to action-
supernatural. Matt is a fourteen-year-old orphan in trouble with the law,
and the magistrate who hears his case decides to enter him into a special
project that sends juvenile offenders to live in the country with foster
parents. Almost immediately Matt wishes that he had been sent to a
perfectly normal juvenile detention center. Something is very odd about
the village of Lesser Mailing. Roads lead nowhere, a dead cat reappears
alive and well, voices whisper at night, and something is going on in the
woods. It gradually becomes clear that a great battle between good and
evil is brewing, and Matt is wanted by both sides, although for different
reasons.
Horowitz does a great job of ratcheting up the tension and building to an
exciting climax at the site of an ancient gate between worlds. His writing
is fast paced and entertaining, despite occasional inconsistencies and
abrupt changes in point of view, sometimes even within the same
paragraph. Younger teens who like an exciting adventure mixed with
supernatural horror will thrill to Matt's story and look forward to the next
installment.
School Library Journal July 2005
Gr 9 Up-Matt is in serious trouble. He's been involved in a robbery where a
man was stabbed, and he now has to choose between jail or a new
program that places juvenile offenders with community members.
Suddenly he is moving to Lesser Malling and finding out about his chores
on Mrs. Deverill's farm. There is something sinister about his new foster
parent and the town. The teen stumbles across a murdered man who
disappears by the time he returns with the police, an old broken-down
nuclear-reactor plant that hums and glows at night, and suspicious
activities at the farm. As things become more and more frightening, Matt
is forced to find an ally and try to escape the bodies that are piling up
around him and the evil that is taking over Lesser Malling. Horowitz
departs from his popular teen spy series and turns up the horror in this
first installment in a new series. The creepy activities and the overall
atmosphere of fear are well defined, and once the action starts, it doesn't
let up. People are stabbed with sickles, dinosaur skeletons return to life to
attack Matt and his ally, and the protagonist is subjected to strange spells
and potions that keep him from discovering the true reason he has been
brought to this remote town. This powerful struggle between good and
evil is a real page-turner.-Lynn Evarts, Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du
Sac, WI
PW- 6/20/05 Horowitz (the Alex Rider series) unveils a thoroughly creepy
new tale with this first entry in the Gatekeepers series. The novel opens as
14-year-old Matt Freeman reluctantly helps an older friend break into a
warehouse. A frequent truant (he has lived with his aunt since his parents
were killed in a car accident), Matt's problems grow exponentially worse
when he finds himself charged as an accessory to assault after his friend
stabs a security guard during the failed burglary. Matt is offered a chance
to participate in the LEAF Program (Liberty and Education Achieved
Through Fostering), which sends troubled youths to rural settings where
"there are fewer temptations." In the custody of severe, stern Mrs.
Deverill, Matt must clean the pigsty among other chores. But his tasks
pale compared to the gathering threat in the village of Lesser Malling.
Though he tries to escape, Matt finds his attempts thwarted by unseen
forces, and he soon realizes that his presence in Lesser Malling is no
accident.
