Evil Star

by Anthony Horowitz

Book Overview

The second thrilling, chilling installment in Anthony Horowitz's bestselling Gatekeepers series. Matt thought his troubles were over when he closed Raven's Gate . . . but in fact they were just... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439679966
• ISBN13: 9780439679961
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

It is like watching a Jason Stathan Movie

The ability of the writer to make us picture what he is trying to convey is pretty remarkable. I have to agree with all the other reviewers - this, itself, is a rare event, if you look at my other reviews! Matt Freeman travels to Peru to prevent another gate from being opened. I loved all the characters, especially MR. Salamanda. We have a Punjabi Starlet in India called Kareena Kapoor. Our present Prime Minister is Punjabi, so we have our share of Punjabi Evil Rise, with ugly Punjabi(s) ruling the roost everywhere. Punjabi Propaganda is at its Zenith now. Mr. Salamada's daughter Kareena is a number 1 heroine in Bollywood despite a massive 99% failure rate of her movies bombing left and right in the box office. I am calling Kareena Mr. Salamanda's daughter, because she too has a massive face supported by a twiggy neck, but such is the evil Punjabi Propaganda machine, that she is termed Beautiful. To take an example from past; didn't Himmler justify the killing of Jews, gypsies and homosexuals ( though he himself couldn't keep his hands off teenagers)?

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

EVIL STAR is the second book in the Anthony Horowitz series called THE GATEKEEPERS. In book one, titled Raven's Gate (The Gatekeepers), main character Matt discovers he is one of five specially chosen teens. Their purpose is to save the world. Matt doesn't know the other five and must "close" Raven's Gate on his own. As the second book, EVIL STAR, begins, Matt finds himself in Peru meeting up with Pedro, who turns out to be one of the chosen five. Matt and Pedro join forces, although it isn't easy since Matt speaks only English and Pedro speaks Spanish. Their unusual connection does allow them to communicate while in a dream state. They learn each others' stories and realize that their paths will someday cross the paths of their remaining team. Together Matt and Pedro must find and prevent the opening of the second gate. Its history is intertwined with the ancient Incas and the Peruvian culture. As they search the seamier side of Peru, they encounter kidnapping, gun battles, the evil "big headed" Salamanda, high altitude jungle treks, and terrifying helicopter rides. Exactly what is the Evil Star and can they find the next gate in time to close it and save the world from the Old Ones? Horowitz provides his usual fast-paced, non-stop action in this new series. It is sure to impress his already established fans and create plenty of new ones. Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"

evil star

i recomend this series i just bought night rise upon the completion of evil star. evil star is amazing and so is horowitz.

Evil Star

Evil Star Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz is an amazing, action packed and fun to read book that I would recommend to anyone of ages ten and up. The story starts in the English town York, where Matthew Freeman lives and goes to school. There he is asked by a secretive group to retrieve a diary. Along the way he ends up finding a dead man and loses the diary. After that he goes to Peru and meets a strange boy named Pedro. Pedro turns out to be very helpful and in a few situations he saves matt's life. Then, while trying to save matt's friend, Richard Cole, they uncover a mysterious plan made by Senior Salamanda to take over the world. But little does Salamanda know what he is messing with. Matt is an intelligent boy, he is tall and has short brown hair. In the beginning of the series he was just a normal teenager who got into a lot of trouble until the Leaf Project sent him away in the first book, Ravens Gate. In Evil Star he ends up lost and confused in the winding streets of Peru instead of a distant farm way out in the country. There, his car is attacked, his friend is kidnapped and the driver is shot. Then he finds Pedro and Pedro takes Matt to the man he works for to get him help. To me, Matt seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time but somehow he manages to deal with it. You should read this book not because I am recommending it, but because it is a great series that you can really get into.

One More Time: Peru

"Brian remained where he was, sitting on the sofa, his legs slightly apart, his mouth hanging open. He had been like that ever since Gwenda had stuck the kitchen knife into his chest. It was still there, jutting out of the bloody rag that once had been his shirt." After Raven's Gate, Matt Freeman tries to put all of the events that have happened behind. Now living in a flat with Richard Cole, he attends a private school in Yorkshire and hopes to return back to his normal life. However, when a suicide bombing occurs at the school he knows he will never return. Matt and Richard are met by the Nexus to tell them that a second gate is about to open in Peru, and that a diary that tells where the gate is in the hands of a man named Morton. He meets with him but then leaves momentarily, Morton is killed and the diary stolen. Unwilling, Matt and Richard are whisked off to Peru in search of the gate where the two are split up. There he meets a street kid named Pedro who looks familiar but who he has never met before. He finds out Pedro is the second Gatekeeper. Now stuck in Peru and with the police looking for him and searching for the gate and Richard he travels the country and tries to learn more about Salamanda a rich businessman. Back in England, the Nexus is wondering if they have a traitor in the group. When Matt finds out Salamanda has the diary and plans to open the gate, he and Pedro are in for a race for their lives and the world. The second book in the Gatekeepers series is really good. Although it wasn't suspenseful as Raven's Gate, it made up for that with a lot of action. The genre of this book is suspenseful/fiction. What I liked about this book was that it was fast paced and kept into the plot with every chapter. The other reason why I liked this book was that the character showed lots of different emotions about how they did not want to get involved other people's problems. This almost like the Alex Rider series in which the main character is a 14 year-old boy who has special talents and are sought out by the secret organizations in England but do not want to get involved but do any way. (Anthony Horowitz did Alex Rider series). Some of the emotions I felt were shocked and sadness when the plot reveals characters and deaths. All in all, the book was a great sequel to Raven's Gate and I enjoyed it very much.