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Raven's Gate By Antony Horowitz
The fate of the world depends on one boy, Matt. Raven’s Gate by Antony Horowitz is an adventurous book that will take you on a fascinating journey through the life of a young man named Mathew Freeman. Antony Horowitz tells about an ordinary boy who all of a sudden finds himself in a strange town called Lesser Malling. With a single wrong move, Matt could destroy the destiny of humanity. This story opens with Matt getting punished for a crime he was supposedly accused of committing, but did not. He was given two options, go to jail, or live with an elderly woman named Mrs. Deverill in Lesser Malling through a fostering program to build his character. He chose to live with Mrs. Deverill. However, he promptly realized he had made an extremely
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