Sabriel is a student at Wyverly college. One day a strange ape-like figure enters her college to tell her the Abhorsen (her father) is missing. The strange figure left her with her father's sword and vanished. Shortly after Sabriel finds herself in search of her missing dad. On her journey Sabriel encounters some strange characters, Mogget, A strange white cat that speaks in a voice of the Abhorsen's servant yet holds a mysterious secret. Touchstone a man of royal blood frozen in the figurehead of a ship, becomes her best friend.

When she finds her dad frozen in one of the 9 gates of death, He tells her that a evil figure called Kerrigor has come back from the 7th gate. She must find and destroy his human body that is frozen in magic for if his spirit finds his body first he will gain unbeatable power.

I would rate this book 5 toads because this book had a great storyline and some pretty awesome creatures. One of the many creatures in this book are the gore crows. Gore crows are free magic spirits with just the outer crow as a shell. If you shot one it would burst in a spiral of rotting and stinking flesh and feathers....and that wouldn't be pretty. BLECK! Another of the creatures is a Mordicant. Mordicants are undead spirits that crossed the 7th gate. Mordicants can destroy you with their sharp claws and their smelly body odor. With the single ring of her bell, Sabriel can send them past the 9th gate. Sabriel's ancient weapons are worth 5 toads alone! My favorite of her weapons is the bell bandolier with seven magic bells. Each of the bells do something different such as, send you past the 7th gate along with all people around you that hear it. Once past the last gate you can't come back to the living world unless the evil Kerrigor catches you and turns you into a slave to do his bidding. Sabriel's sword is a weapon made from her ancestors forged with ancient metal and magic. The sword can cut through a spirit and destroy it because of the ancient charter marks etched on it because says it can. This is an awesome book. Sends you to the underworld and back. If you like Adventure-Fantasy novels, this is the book for you. It compares to the perfect snap and crunch when you divide a Kit Kat bar.

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