The Awakening

By Kelley Armstrong
(HarperCollins, Paperback, 9780061450556, 384pp.)

Publication Date: March 3, 2010

Other Editions of This Title: eBook, Library Binding (April 9, 2009), Hardcover (April 4, 2009)

Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Horror & Ghost Stories

Kelley Armstrong is the New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworld series and the first book in the Darkest Powers series, The Summoning, about which Kirkus Reviews said in a starred review: "Terrifying ghosts, smatterings of gore, and diverse teen voices will prompt young adults to pick up the next in this series."

Kelley has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing-dungeon.

"A page-turner. Readers will anticipate the book to follow."
-Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"Armstrong has some fun toying with supernatural teen thriller conventions, and the taut pacing should please fans of the exploding genre."
-ALA Booklist