Plot Summary
After Calla's boyfriend breaks up with her via text message she doesn't think life could get any worse. Weeks later her mother dies in an accident. Calla is sent to live with her grandmother in the town of Lily Dale while her father heads to California for a new job. Calla is surprised to discover that Lily Dale is a town whose residents have a long history of being psychics. Calla begins to experience strange things like seeing the ghost of a missing girl. Soon she begins to realize that maybe her mother's death wasn't an accident and that Calla may be next in the line of the family of psychics.
Critical Evaluation
The book, the first in the Lily Dale series, is well-written story perfect for teens who enjoy the supernatural. Calla must deal with the loss of her mother while discovering new things about herself. The topic is one that many teens can relate to. Staub throws action and romance to keep the reader hooked and connected to the stories characters.
Reader's Annotation
Seventeen year-old Calla goes to stay with her psychic grandmother after the death of her mother. She soon discovers secrets about her mother that shake her to the bone.
About the Author
New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than seventy published novels and has sold more than three million books worldwide. Under her own name, Wendy achieved New York Times bestselling status with her single title psychological suspense novels. Those novels and the women's fiction she writes under the pseudonym Wendy Markham have also frequently appeared on the USA Today, Barnes and Noble Top Ten, and Bookscan bestseller lists.
Wendy now lives in the New York City suburbs with her husband of nineteen years and their two children. A 1986 graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia, she proudly delivered the keynote commencement address at her alma mater in May 2008 and is serving a three-year appointment to the Dean's Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Genre
Mystery, supernatural
Curriculum Ties
N/A
Booktalking Ideas
1) Discuss the moments when Calla begins to realize her psychic abilities.
2) Discuss the history of the town of Lily Dale. Is it a real place?
Reading Level/Interest Age
Ages 12+
Challenge Issues
Psychic phenomenon
Challenge defense ideas
-Become familiar with the book and its content.
-Refer to the collection development policy of the library, see http://sfpl.org/pdf/about/policies/collection-development-plan.pdf
-Refer to reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly available for viewing on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Lily-Dale-Awakening/dp/0802798438/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292314345&sr=1-1
Why Included in Titles Selected
Wanted to include a mystery title
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