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Billy Thunder and the Night Gate by Isobelle Carmody

Rage Winnoway's mother has been asleep since a terrible accident. In a quest to find a healing magic Rage and her animal friends- Bear, Elle, Goatee, Billy Thunder and Mr Walker travel through a strange gateway to Valley.
There they find that Valley is not paradise but a dark world where sneaky witch folk work forbidden macic. Rage desperately wants to go home, but the one person who can help has diappeared. Join Rage and her friends as they enter a fantasy world on their journey to help heal her mother. This is a brilliant tale of courage and transformation that will amaze and impress the minds of a young and old audience.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Explore:
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Family relations Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 0 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 %

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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