Book title: The Calling
Author: Kelley Armstrong
| Bibliographic entry | Armstrong, K. (2012). The calling. Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada. |
| Description | Maya’s adventures continue as she attempts to get home and find her parents after her mishap in The Gathering. Maya learns more about her skin-walking tendencies and her companions also discover their own abilities. The plot thickens when Maya and her friends discover their town is abandoned and they have to develop a new strategy for rescue. |
| Reaction | The second book moves very quickly as characters and the main conflict have already been established in the previous book. Students will devour this book and wait impatiently for the third in the series. |
| Recommended age level | Grades 7 and up |
| Subjects/themes | Identity quest, trust, survival |
| Curriculum connections | English: read a variety of student- and teacher-selected texts from diverse cultures and historical periods, identifying specific purposes for reading |
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| Miscellaneous | This is the second book in the series. The third book will be released in the spring of 2013. |
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