TY - BOOK AU - Hagen,George TI - Gabriel Finley & the raven's riddle T2 - Gabriel Finley SN - 9780399552229 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Yearling KW - Rescues KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Ravens KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Magic KW - Family secrets KW - Fathers and sons KW - Missing persons KW - Friendship KW - Imaginary places KW - Demonology KW - Good and evil KW - Voyages and travels KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Action and adventure fiction N1 - Originally published: New York: Schwartz & Wade Booka, 2012; Ages 9-12 N2 - A tangle of ingenious riddles, a malevolent necklace called a torc, and flocks of menacing birds: these are just some of the obstacles that stand between Gabriel and his father, Adam Finley, who has vanished from their Brooklyn brownstone. When Gabriel rescues an orphaned baby raven named Paladin, he discovers a family secret: Finleys can bond with ravens in extraordinary ways. Along with Paladin and three valiant friends, Gabriel sets out to bring his father home. They soon discover that Adam is being held captive by the evil demon Corax -- half man, half raven, and Adam's very own disgraced brother -- in a foreboding netherworld of birds called Aviopolis. With help from his army of ghoulish minions, the valravens, Corax is plotting to take over the land above, and now only Gabriel stands in his way ER -