Raven's Gate

by Anthony Horowitz

Book 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439679958
• ISBN13: 9780439679954
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Raven's gate is a good book

If you like great exciting books you are in for an amazing journey in Raven's Gate, an amazing book by Anthony Horowitz. This book is a fantastic science fiction between two worlds, the regular world, and an ancient place from ten thousand years ago filled with the evil of the underworld and chaos. Colliding into one and the only person that can stop the madness before it spreads to the rest of the present world is a fourteen year old kid named Matt Freeman. He predicted his parent's death on their honeymoon. He then gets stuck within a program called the LEAF Protection, a government program tests that juvenile and gives them a second chance before prison. There they get to live with someone else until their time is up. Unfortunately, his "parent" that is taking care of him is a person who is related to a group who wants to summon the ancient world and knows about the five people who can stop the madness Matt then goes through a series of events that lead him to the knowledge of the five people, the two worlds, and why it is important to stop them. He then realizes that his "parents" that want to kill him so he doesn't stop the madness of the two worlds. This book may be short for the average reader at one hundred and fifty-four pages long, but this book will have you turning pages until you're finished and wanting to read the second book. If this description meets the needs of your version of a good book, than read this book because you will be happy by the end of the book.

The Name's Freeman:Matt Freeman

Mathew Freeman is a boy of thirteen years of age living with a greedy Aunt named Gwenda Davis in London.At the age of eight years old Matt's parents were killed in a car accident on the way to a wedding. A strange thing happened though. The night prior to the day of the wedding, Matt had a dream that his parents would be killed in a car accident the next day. Right before they were all about to leave Matt suddenly said that he did not want to go with his parents to the wedding. He was an an only child and was a bit spoiled so naturally they agreed to let him stay with their neighbor, Ms. Green. Then later that morning a constable comes to their neighbors house and tells Matt that his parents died on the way to the wedding. He then fosters out and go lives with Gwenda Davis. Gwenda and her boyfriend then spend the fortune left to Matt by his parents . Matt then starts hanging out with a seventeen year old boy named Kelvin. He ends up getting busted as an accessory to murder while trying to rob an electronics warehouse. He is then put in the LEAF project and he is sent with an old lady to a small town named Lesser Malling which is a town full of vampires. He then runs into a secret organisation called the Nexus which is dedicated to fighting ancient evil beings called the Old Ones from coming to Earth through inter-deminsional gates. Matt finds out he is part of the five original gatekeepers born to keep the gates from opening. The first one is Ravens Gate. There are five boys and one girl. Matt will me new people and will be helped and hurt on his journey to destroy Ravens Gate. Matt survives life with Mrs.Deverell his new foster ampire parent. Will he succeed? Who are the Old Ones? Will Mathew Freeman survive Ravens Gate? This book answers all these questions as New York times Best-Selling author Anthony Horowitz does it again in Ravens Gate.

The Name's Freeman: Matt Freeman

Mathew Freeman is a boy of thirteen years of age living with a greedy Aunt named Gwenda Davis in London.At the age of eight years old Matt's parents were killed in a car accident on the way to a wedding. A strange thing happened though. The night prior to the day of the wedding, Matt had a dream that his parents would be killed in a car accident the next day. Right before they were all about to leave Matt suddenly said that he did not want to go with his parents to the wedding. He was an an only child and was a bit spoiled so naturally they agreed to let him stay with their neighbor, Ms. Green. Then later that morning a constable comes to their neighbors house and tells Matt that his parents died on the way to the wedding. He then fosters out and go lives with Gwenda Davis. Gwenda and her boyfriend then spend the fortune left to Matt by his parents . Matt then starts hanging out with a seventeen year old boy named Kelvin. He ends up getting busted as an accessory to murder while trying to rob an electronics warehouse. He is then put in the LEAF project and he is sent with an old lady to a small town named Lesser Malling which is a town full of vampires. He then runs into a secret organisation called the Nexus which is dedicated to fighting ancient evil beings called the Old Ones from coming to Earth through inter-dimensional gates. Matt finds out he is part of the five original gatekeepers born to keep the gates from opening. The first one is Ravens Gate. There are five boys and one girl. Matt will me new people and will be helped and hurt on his journey to destroy Ravens Gate. Matt survives life with Mrs.Deverell his new foster ampire parent. Will he succeed? Who are the Old Ones? Will Mathew Freeman survive Ravens Gate? This book answers all these questions as New York times Best-Selling author Anthony Horowitz does it again in Ravens Gate.

Ravens Gate Review

Ravens Gate Ravens gate is an excellent book by Anthony Horowitz. It is about a young boy named Matthew Freeman. (Matt for short) The book starts off with Matt as an outcast because he lost his parents in a terrible car crash. No one really likes him, and he lives with his aunt. Then he attempts to steal from a warehouse with his "friend" and they get busted by a security officer patrolling the area. Matts "friend" blames matt for the whole thing and matt has the choice of prison or go to a farm town, and live with a old woman who will train him in kindness, passion, and love- or so they say. He lives with her until he figures out that he is one of the five chosen ones to protect the gates from being opened. If opened, the world will be thrown into a pool of chaos. I would give this book a 10 out of 10 because it is one of the best books I have ever read. It has a VERY good story, remarkable characters, and it is very realistic. The author(Anthony Horowitz) made the characters seem very lifelike and makes the reader feel like they are actually there with Matt, figuring out his destiny. That ties in with the reality of the whole book. The story mixed with the realistic characters blends for a truly good story. In conclusion, I recommend reading this book because it has a truly unique story and always keeps you on edge. -Chase-Mr Cosby...blehh

CRAZY Good book!

The book will send chill's down your spine as you read his great book.It was a bit slow at first but as the first murder happens and he tries to escape it sped up.It is a good book for all the horror reading kids out there.