Horowitz, Anthony. Raven's Gate. NY: Penguin books, 2005. 266 pages. (Action / Adventure Series)
This book kicks off when Matt, a 14 year old orphan, who lives with his aunt in Ipswich, a small city in England, gets involved in stealing DVD's and video games. He and his friend want to sell these for money. When they get discovered, Matt's friend kills the security guard that discovers them, and then blames Matt for it. Matt has to participate in a project called the LEAF Program, for young delinquents. Matt is sent to a place called Lesser Malling, a small community in Scotland. But when Matt hears strange whispers in the middle of the night, and discovers activity in Omega 1, an old nuclear power station, he wonders what the people of Lesser Malling are up to. When he tries to escape though, all the roads lead back to the place where he began. Matt begins to suspect that the people of Lesser Malling are practicing witchcraft, and that they are trying to keep Matt from finding out. They are also using their powers to keep Matt in Lesser Malling as well. I really liked this book because of all the suspense mixed with horror. This book was really interesting because of the way Matt tries to escape the horrors of Lesser Malling, but he never can until the very last moment.
Reviewed by: San Andreas
