Sunday, 22 January 2012

15. Billy Thunder and the Night Gate, by Isobelle Carmody.

Book 1 of the Gateway Trilogy.

Rage is on her way to visit her mother in hospital, accompanied by her four dogs and a goat, when they are tricked through a bramble gate into Valley, a world that is frozen out of time. But magic in Valley is dying, and Rage's quest to find the wizard in order to help her mother coincides with Valley's quest to find the wizard to save their land.

This book was good, with a mixture of childish and adult themes throughout. While the idea of a magical gate and the transformation of her friends is younger, the theme that sometimes you have to cause harm to do good was set out clearly in the book, leading to some interesting story developments.

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