Ravens Gate
Raven’s Gate
In this game of life, are you more David or Goliath? In his book, Raven’s Gate, Anthony Horowitz tells the story of a special young man, named Matt, who overcomes the odds and stops a terrible curse. Matt is orphaned, he is young, and the odds are not in his favor. In the book of 1Samuel, David was not Israel’s first choice to fight Goliath either. David was considered too small for the job. Through determination, confidence, and courage, Matt proves that he can overcome almost anything. By reading this book, one can learn that anyone can be a David in the battle against the world’s Goliaths.
We first meet Matt as a troubled teenager. He is in trouble for breaking into a warehouse. Given a second chance, he has the opportunity to straighten his life out by moving to a new town. As part of a secret program, Matt is sent to live with a foster family in a town called Lesser Malling. It doesn’t take long for Matt to figure out that something strange is going on in this town. He is determined to get to the bottom of it. He uses his unwavering curiosity to discover some old paperwork from his parent’s accident. His foster family is not honest with him. Matt tries to run away but all the roads lead him back to the farm. He meets a nice man named Tom Burgess. He was a farmer, but also ended up dead by unnatural causes. Before his death, Tom revealed to Matt the words “Raven’s Gate”. At this point in the book, we see Matt’s determination to find out more about Raven’s Gate and the secret that Lesser Malling holds. Just as David was determined to be the one to fight Goliath, Matt is determined to solve the mystery.
Matt tries to research Raven’s Gate on the internet and in the library. The only book that he can find has the chapter about Raven’s Gate torn out. Matt meets a journalist named Richard Cole who eventually helps Matt put together the pieces of the puzzle. He is confident that he can get the answers about Raven’s Gate.
In this game of life, are you more David or Goliath? In his book, Raven’s Gate, Anthony Horowitz tells the story of a special young man, named Matt, who overcomes the odds and stops a terrible curse. Matt is orphaned, he is young, and the odds are not in his favor. In the book of 1Samuel, David was not Israel’s first choice to fight Goliath either. David was considered too small for the job. Through determination, confidence, and courage, Matt proves that he can overcome almost anything. By reading this book, one can learn that anyone can be a David in the battle against the world’s Goliaths.
We first meet Matt as a troubled teenager. He is in trouble for breaking into a warehouse. Given a second chance, he has the opportunity to straighten his life out by moving to a new town. As part of a secret program, Matt is sent to live with a foster family in a town called Lesser Malling. It doesn’t take long for Matt to figure out that something strange is going on in this town. He is determined to get to the bottom of it. He uses his unwavering curiosity to discover some old paperwork from his parent’s accident. His foster family is not honest with him. Matt tries to run away but all the roads lead him back to the farm. He meets a nice man named Tom Burgess. He was a farmer, but also ended up dead by unnatural causes. Before his death, Tom revealed to Matt the words “Raven’s Gate”. At this point in the book, we see Matt’s determination to find out more about Raven’s Gate and the secret that Lesser Malling holds. Just as David was determined to be the one to fight Goliath, Matt is determined to solve the mystery.
Matt tries to research Raven’s Gate on the internet and in the library. The only book that he can find has the chapter about Raven’s Gate torn out. Matt meets a journalist named Richard Cole who eventually helps Matt put together the pieces of the puzzle. He is confident that he can get the answers about Raven’s Gate.