The Power of Five: Raven's Gate

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The only thing I'd warn parents about is that there's a lot of violence in the book, with one character dying graphically in the course of the book. Since each parent is different when it comes to this sort of thing, I recommend that the parents read the book first & then discuss the content with their child after they've finished reading it. The book is quite good, so the parents shouldn't have any problem reading it. (Plus it's a great way to connect with your kid!) Raven’s Gate is a wonderfully creepy and utterly captivating novel and, while it’s not for everyone, it is an excellent read and something which I highly recommend. It has a vat of face-melting acid. What more do you really need? Maybe it's just the fact that the characters are all 14 year olds and there's very little I can find to relate to them. I understood Richard's predicament better. Also, there were some parts that we just boring but I think that's more my impatience to get on with the story than anything to do with the book.

Idiot me. My idea was that women who were considered witches in the medieval times were slaughtered by a number of methods: Fire, drowning...

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The book had so many elements. Throw in a little Stephen King, Night at the Museum, some magic and beautiful writing.. POOF! You get the perfect book. There's very little in the core story of _Raven's Gate_ that's original. Horowitz borrows heavily both from older sci-fi/fantasy/horror works (Lovecraft and Stephen King, most noticeably) and mythology to create a world-within-a-world that in no way feels either new or particularly scary. If you read enough in the previously mentioned genres, you will have seen nearly all of these concepts used at least once elsewhere, and probably used better. And if you have seen them, then this story becomes utterly predictable. Personajul principal este un pusti pe nume Matt Freeman care mi s-a parut destul de simpatic si credibil in drama sa, iar vrajitoarea, doamna Deverill, care pune ghearele pe el, a fost preferata mea, avand doza corecta de rautate si inteligenta. Mi-au placut puterile si magiile ei precum si faptul ca ucenicul sau este o pisica neagra pe nume Asmodeus, care intelege ce spune ea si ii indeplineste ordinele cu abnegatie. I have to agree with a previous reviewer that the reporter, Richard, seemed like something straight out of Stephen King's _Salem's Lot_, but less believable. His sudden attachment to Matt was jarring in the face of all his "just a story" talk from before. His surviving at all defies believability and it's obvious that he's only there because he'll be serving the function in the next book of an adult who can do things/get around obstacles that Matt can't, as well as providing a place for Matt to stay so the government can't get hold of him again. It's a useful purpose, true, but one that another adult should've been found for so Richard maintained his believability as a character. Desi multora li se poate parea putin ''cheesy'', pe mine nu m-a deranjat faptul ca are unele elemente horror des intalnite sau chiar comerciale. Am citit in recenzii ca este considerata ca fiind inspirata din "O noapte la muzeu", scrierile lui Stephen King sau chiar Harry Potter, insa eu nu am avut aceasta impresie si am regasit aici stilul sarcastic si fresh al lui Horowitz. Probabil sunt singura persoana de pe planeta care nu a citit sau vizionat Harry Potter, astfel ca nu pot sa-mi dau cu parerea despre asta, insa pe mine magia ma duce cu gandul la vrajitoare rele, la ritualuri negre, lumanari, pisici demonice, incantantii, panze de paianjen etc.

Later, they meet Mrs. Ashwood whonteels them to understand the mystery of he ravens gat they must seek Dr Dravid who is a me member of the nexus organisation which keeps the world out of harm. They seek Dravid and he tells that that ravens fate is a monument of stones built by five people four bogs and one girl to prevent evil creatures ccalled the "Old Ones" from entering the earth. Dr. Dravid is killed by dinosaur spirits but Matt and Richard barely escape but get.caught by Jayne Deverill and Noah assistant to Jayne. Raven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five series, written by Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2005, by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States (1 June 2005) by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title The Gatekeepers. It is followed by Evil Star, released in 2006, Nightrise in 2007, and Necropolis in 2008, with the final book Oblivion in 2012.Only Jayne Deverill of a farm in Lesser Malling is strange and potentially more dangerous than any jail. Raven's Gate combines the magic and savagery out of primeval times with the science and 'controls' of the modern day. He has suspicions that all the villagers are planning a conspiracy about something. He googles the Ravens Gate but finds nothing and gets a chat window with Dr.Dravid who be asks about but Dr leaves. He goes to the Lesser Mapping journalist to buy newspaper but the Journalist Richard asks for his story which he gladly tells but Richard does not believe him at all and sends him away.

A graphic novel adaptation written for Walker Books by UK writer Tony Lee and drawn by artists Dom Reardon and Lee O'Connor was released on 3 August 2010. It was then re-issued with a new cover to coincide with then upcoming releases of the graphic novel adaptations for Evil Star and Nightrise on 6 June 2013. He is sent to live with Jayne Deverill in Lesser Malling (a village). Clearly, Jayne Deverill is not pleasant and Investigator Mallory sympathizes with him. I decided to go 1, because I didn't like it. The best thing I can say about it, really, is that it was short. I will say 1.5, though, because I usually reserve 1s for books I just completely hate, and this didn't even annoy me enough to make me hate it - it was just stupid. After a judgement is passed Matt is left to the LEAF project and taken to a small town called Lesser Malling where he is fostered by Jayne Deverill a fifty year old queer woman. Soon in Lesser Killing he first D's mystifying things happening to him. Be finds whispering in the woods, queer people talking about odd things, the roads that never end and dead things returning to life. Soon to cure his curosity he is summoned by a villager so that he can answer Matt's questions and gives him an amulet warning him to run away. Matt the next day turns to meet him and finds him dead but before the police come the housekeeper cleans the mess. Matt sees the warning "Ravens Gate" flashing on the wall.Since Matt is too young (he's fourteen) to be put behind bars, he volunteers to get into a foster home under the LEAF (Liberty and Education Achieved through Fostering) project, as he is not happy living with Gwenda, his mother's half-sister. I fell in love with Matt the minute he was introduced and knew there was more to him than met the eye. And the unfolding of his story was done very well and in such a way that you were hooked from the beginning to the end. Matt Freeman, always knew: He is different with others. He started with dreams. Then he came to the murders. After arresting Matt Freeman, the police sent him to a farm in Yorkshire to be run by an elderly woman. Not long, that felt "Matt", his supervisor is not a common habit. The rest of the villagers were not normal. Then, "Matt", from the existence of the predecessors, became aware, and knew, for reasons different from others. But nobody believes in his words, no one could help him. Does not prove anything. Logically, there is only one gateway in the Carnist ... the crows gate.