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A young adult horror/fantasy novel by Isobelle Carmody. Unlike many of her more famous works, ''The Gathering'' is set in the real world, specifically 1990's Australia. ''The Gathering'' follows teenage protagonist Nathaniel Delaney, who has recently moved with his mother to the seaside Town of Cheshunt. This is only the latest of many moves they've made throughout Nathaniel's life.
Nathaniel develops an instant dislike for their new home. Not to mention his new school, Three North, stinks due to it's proximity to an
Three North's students are "encouraged" to join a local youth club named [[Title Drop|The Gathering]] which of course, is also not what it seems.
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Many themes are portrayed in this novel including: good vs evil, inner struggle, human nature, conformity vs individuality, friendship and cooperation. A TV series has apparently been in [[Development Hell]] since 1997.
Not to be confused with ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' or the band called [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]].
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* [[Agent Scully]]
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]
* [[As Long
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Pedestal]]
* [[Children Are Special]]
* [[Death
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Domestic Abuser]]
** It's implied that {{spoiler|Seth's father}} is the same.
* [[Dreaming of Times Gone By]]
* [[Easily Forgiven]]
* [[Enemy Within]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** '''[[The Hero]] - Nathaniel ''', mostly by virtue of being the audience surrogate. While he fulfills the role to an extent he also plays [[The Chick]]'s more [[The Heart|traditional role]]; also kind of the [[Sixth Ranger]].
** '''[[The Lancer]] - Seth''', {{spoiler|who turns out to be [[Broken Pedestal|an alcoholic]] with serious and understandable issues who tries to commit suicide and then pulls a [[Face Heel Turn]]}}.
** '''[[The Big Guy]] - Indian''' {{spoiler|who doesn't raise a fist to anyone because he calls any harm against himself his punishment for allowing his sister's accident, which caused her permanent brain damage}}.
** '''[[The Chick]] - Nissa''', who's really more of an [[Action Girl]] and [[Broken Bird]] and seems to do the lion's share of the leading. {{spoiler|Nathaniel fits better considering his traditional role in the group.}}
** '''[[The Smart Guy]] - Danny'''; fits the least out of all the characters but is nonetheless clearly someone who has thought a great deal about their "enemy" and asides from Nathaniel is the most obviously philosophical about the ideas of Good and Evil and what it means to be part of the chain. {{spoiler|Even if his ideas are in part ruled by his temper and the psychological damage caused by the policemen who abused him and got him sent to a
** '''The [[Team Pet]] - The Tod''' {{spoiler|who is brutally killed by the Gathering}}.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]
** Nathaniel and Danny also become somewhat
* [[Gentle Giant]]
* [[Good Hurts Evil]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[The Heart]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]
* [[History Repeats]]
* [[Humans Are
* [[Ironic Echo]]
** Danny is described as the school's [[Feral Child|resident mad dog]], someone who seemed to have been "raised by dogs, who doesn't quite know how to act around people". Later on when we find out about Danny's [[Dark and Troubled Past]], Danny reveals
* [[It Was
* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]
* [[Magnetic Plot Device]]
* [[Meaningful Echo]]
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* [[Mysterious Waif]]
* [[Nakama]]
* [[Narrator All Along]]
* [[Never Split the Party]]
* [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]]
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]:
* [[Oracular Urchin]]
* [[Power of Friendship]]
* [[Raised
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Turn Out Like His Father]]
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[[Category:Young Adult Literature]]
[[Category:The Gathering]]
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