Title: 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
Places: Buffalo, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver (B.C.), Vancouver Island (B.C.)
People: Maya and Daniel
Time periods: 2012