A review by jennutley
The Call by Michael Grant

3.0

Premise: A long time ago, twelve 12-year-olds banished a evil sorceress for the longest period of time they could conceive of: 3,000 years. Now, our 12-year-old hero needs to find eleven other friends to help defeat her for good.

I think this one might have been more fun as a read-aloud and that a kid from 8-12 would have loved the humor a bit more than I did. A fun start to a series but not much for a first book. Seems like it was only about half a book. Trying to keep it short for a middle reader. I'll probably read the next just to see where it goes. And I'll try it with my middle reader sometime.