Nathan

Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz




 * "  A master of edge-of-your-seat writing, Horowitz gives himself lots of opportunity's to push the envelope" **


 * "Horowitz turns up the horror.... once the action starts, it doesn't let up."- School Library Journal **


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Her eyes slid over to him and he shivered. "You have to remember that nobody cares about you. You have no parents. No Family. You have lttle education and no prospects. I don't want to be cruel to you, my dear, but im really all you have left.

They were dogs, but like no dogs Matt has ever seen before. They were huge, two or three times as big as Rottweilers... and more savage too. The flames of the fire that had given birth to them still flickered in their black shark like eyes. their mouths hung open, teeth like two lines of kitchen knives jutting forward beyond their lips. Their heads were high and uneven, their bulging skulls topped by two tiny ears, like horns. Slowly, one of them turned its ugly snout up to the sky and uttered a ghastly howl. Then, as one, they padded forward, their heads slanting unnaturally to one side as if listening to the ground.

"Of course they exist," Matt said. And suddenly he knew. It was very simple. " I'm one of them."

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 * The reason that i chose the picture of a graveyard gate and a raven is because the title of my book is Raven's Gate ** . **The reason that i chose the gates is becuase they symbolize death, in the book alot of people are killed for mysterious reasons. The raven is also known as a symbol of death. Both of these items are mysterious just like my whole book. These two images go together because they make the title of my book.**

The reason i chose the video is because it is a preview to a new movie coming out that is based on my book //Raven's Gate.// The movie trailor has alot of the same parts as my book. In the beginning of the trailor it shows Matt trying to steal a lot of electronical items. The second part of the trailor shows Matt on the farm at Mrs. Deverills. This happens half way through my book also. Last in the trailor is shows Matt captured by the town of Lesser Mallings. In my book this is how the story ends. This trailor follows the story line exactly, that is why i chose this movie. --- ** The reason i chose the second passage is because this is a huge turning point in the story. At this exact time and location Matt learns all about black magic and the powers that Mrs. Deverill and the whole town of Lesser Mallings has. Then when the dogs rise out of the fire, Matt never knew, even if he knew about magic, the power that this magic contained. After these dogs had been created Matt knew this was his chance to escape, if he could escape the dogs then the town of Lesser Mallings would think that he was dead. Matt was wrong.
 * The reason i chose the picture of the two round buildings is because they look exactly what Omega One is like in my book. Omega One is a government owned facility where nuclear reactors were built in the 1980's for government experiments. In the book this is abandoned but is still used by the people of Lesser Mallings for secret purposes. Omega one is described as a big tall square building with what looks like a golf ball on top of it, surronded by a chain link fence with barb wire fence around it.
 * The reason i chose this first passage is because it describes Matt's life exactly.The postion that Matt is in right now is a very bad one. As the passage states, Matt has nothing. His life right now is horrible and it seem like its going to stay that way. Also the passage shows what Mrs Deverill is like. The most notable part is when it states that Matt shivered when Mrs. Deverill looked at him. Mrs. Deverill is a creepy lady, some people say she looks like a witch. **

The reason that i chose this third passage is because when Matt said these words he knew that it had to be him that would stop Ravens Gate from opening. If this gate is to open then a appocolypse like disaster would occur. The Old Ones from the other world would come on to earth and cause havoc and chaos. The Old Ones like to cause trouble and they are an evil ghost like army that destroys anything in their path. The whole world is depending on Matt, but yet no one but Matt and the nexus know it. **