Ambergate+(VS)

review by Victoria S.
 * //Ambergate//**, Elliot Patricia

In Ambergate a girl with no name but a number almost engraved in her arm runs from everything possible. The story first starts out in Murkmere. This girl has no name but has been called "Scuff" for most of her life. Scuff doesn't really have a home after she runs away from Murkmere, the soldiers had found out that girl 102 (the number on her arm) lived and worked at the old house. Mrs. Jennet asks Scuff to leave as soon as possible, because the whole house is in danger because of Scuff's terrible crime she did long, long ago. She is forced to leave Aggie, her best friend. Things don't turn out too bad for Scuff because she meets Erland and his father. Scuff is the main character in this book, but along the way she meets other characters too like...Erland and his father, Dog (another orphan from the "Home"), Shadow, Leah and the Lord Protecter himself and his son, there are many more also. The setting, is jumping all around the place because she needs to move quickly to get out of danger. She starts out in the capital in the orphan home and then Murkmere, later in the Wasteland and she goes to the palace and goes through Poorgrass. The main conflict for Scuff is that she is in danger because of a crime she did long ago. The soldiers have been trying to find her, and she runs and hides wherever she is. She has always dreamed and sung about this Ambergate which is like the gate of freedom. Her crime is bad enough she has the death penalty, so she finds some good friends along the way to help her out. She never told anyone about her crime, and always said it was for the best.

I do recommend this book because its very thrilling and a good page turner. This book had made me feel the emotions Scuff felt. I could feel my heart beating a little faster as the climax was approaching. Scuff was a good character because she is self conscious at times and so heroic and confident too. I like how this book was so descriptive and how at the end of some chapters it was a cliff hanger. If I had to rate this book, one being bad and ten being really good. I would rate it a 9! I hope people can get around to reading this book.

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