The Summoning
The Summoning is a 2008 romantasy and paranormal romance novel by Kelley Armstrong. Readers will find themes of ghosts, group homes, mental illness and mothers.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, and 65 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 16 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Chapter Books bestseller list in 2008.
It runs to roughly 396 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Summoning
My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again. All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost—and the ghost saw me. Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? It's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House...before its skeletons come back to haunt me.
Awards & lists
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Chapter Books, 2008
Quick answers
Who wrote The Summoning?
The Summoning was written by Kelley Armstrong and first published in 2008.
What genre is The Summoning?
It is usually shelved as Romantasy, Paranormal Romance, Ghost Stories and Horror.
How long is The Summoning?
The median edition has 396 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Summoning?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Graveyard Book, Belladonna and Dead to the World.
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