Setting: Angels Gate is set in fairly modern times around about 1980-1990. I know this because of the way the people dress and by the way the people talk. The way the people in the novel talk is very similar to how people talk now but the people in the novel don’t use as much slang as most people do now. The way the people in the novel dress is also very similar to how people dress now but the people in the novel wear daggy clothes which are out of fashion now. A good example of how the people in the novel dress similarly but really daggy to people now, is when Julia wore a pink dress with puffy sleeves and silver high heel shoes to a dance.

It is set in a country town called Jericho and I think the town is in Australia because the bush landscape around the town is very similar to Tasmania and the trees in the bush are Australian natives such as the gum.

I feel that it isn’t that important where this book is set as long as it is in a country town with bush landscapes. If it were set in the city it wouldn’t be very good because the wild children wouldn’t get very wild because there are always

“We beached the raft at an opening in the logs and carried our things to the land. Bobby was faster than me over the fallen timber. He seemed to have a way of running low, leaping from log to log, as if he was born to do it. I went over on all fours, terrified that I would slip and fall into the darkness beneath.” Page 213

Mickey: Mickey is the other wild child and he really is wild. He can’t speak properly and he makes weird noises like animals do. Leena says that he is nice and even caring at times if he knows you and trusts you.

Opinion: I felt very disappointed once I had finished the book because I had read 270 pages and it wasn’t worth the time as it was boring and there was not many exciting parts in it. This has been the worst book I have ever read and I don’t recommend this book to anyone.

Plot: Angel’s Gate is about two children Mickey and Leena who disappear after the murder of their father Patrick Flannagan. The town’s people first knew the children were still alive when eggs started to go missing from farm chicken yards on the outskirts of town.

Main Characters: Kim: Kim is about 12 years old and he is fairly popular at school. He can over exaggerate a bit but he is generally truthful and he is very kind and caring. At home he is really nice and always helps doing jobs around the house as well as helping in the doctor’s surgery. Kim really likes art and is also a very talented artist. His dream is to have a bike but he is not allowed to have one.

Julia: Julia is Kim’s sister and she has a boyfriend called Bobby. Julia is rather insensitive towards Kim and her family and all she talks about is Bobby. Julia is in her last year at school and next year she has to go to a private school on the coast.

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Approximate Word count = 1204
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)