The Gathering

Description:

Sixteen-year-old Maya suspects there may be a relationship between her paw-print birthmark, her connection with wild animals, and strange events occurring in her tiny Vancouver Island community, where a medical research facility harbors big secrets.

subjects: Paranormal powers,  Children's fiction,  Supernatural, fiction,  Human-animal relationships, fiction,  Schools, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Canada, fiction,  Witchcraft, fiction,  Teenage girls,  Fiction,  Paranormal fiction,  Human-animal relationships,  Families,  Witchcraft,  Juvenile fiction,  Family life,  Supernatural,  High schools,  Schools,  nyt:chapter-books=2011-05-01,  New York Times bestseller,  Death,  Puma,  Birthmarks,  Extrasensory perception

People: Maya and Daniel

Places: Buffalo,  Canada,  British Columbia,  Vancouver,  Vancouver (B.C.),  Vancouver Island (B.C.)

Times: 2012