RAVEN'S GATE by Anthony Horowitz
    Category:  Paranormal
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  10/1/06
    Publisher:  Scholastic
    Reviewed by:  Spreeha
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Do you believe in witches or the Old Ones?

    Matt has been accused of committing a crime which actually he really didn’t do. So now he has a choice to either go
    to jail or stay with an old lady named Mrs. Deverill in a remote area called Lesser Malling because of the
    government’s new law called the LEAF Project. Matt should have chosen jail because he will soon find out that
    someone is planning something there at Lesser Malling, and Matt is in the middle of all the commotion.

    Matt’s past hasn’t been the best. His parents died in a car crash six years ago and he has been living with his mom’s
    stepsister, who doesn’t necessarily treat him very well. But Matt has discovered that he has some kind of weird
    magical power--but doesn’t know what it is.

    When he gets to Mrs. Deverill’s house he isn’t treated in the best way possible. Even though he thinks the food is
    good he has to do chores and basically clean up all of Mrs. Deverill’s property. After a while he has had enough of
    this bizarre nonsense and wants to leave, because this was supposed to be a volunteer act.

    But when he tries to take a bike out to the main road back to Greater Malling and then back to London, every road he
    takes just brings him back to the place he started from.  Well, he went home after that, and thought that he’d try the
    next day.

    When coming back to the same spot, a guy named Tom Burgess appears and says he wants to help Matt out because
    this isn't a safe place to be. He also says that he will explain everything tomorrow at his farm, but what Matt doesn’t
    know is that he will find Tom dead the next day.

    After Tom’s death things got even worse. Mrs. Deverill starts to come out more strongly and everyone that tries to
    help him get out of this creepy place just ends up dead. Is Matt’s new helper bound to turn up dead, too?

    Find out! Read the book.

    I think this book is incredible!! Once you start reading you can’t stop!  This book has a twist at every turn.  I
    recommend this book to anybody interested in books like the HARRY POTTER series--it's just so magnificent!!
The Gatekeepers Bk. 1:
Raven's Gate
by Anthony Horowitz