Told from the perspective of three seemingly unconnected teenagers,
Called Upon steers the adolescent reader through a series of twists
and turns that merge together with jaw-dropping results.
Kaitlin, the social pariah of her high school, is so relieved to have
made friends at Camp Overlook that she is willing to look past the
camp's anomalies: creepy counselors, 24-hour video surveillance, and
campers disappearing quietly into the night. Dr. Forsythe, the
mastermind behind the Overlook experiment, explains that Kaitlin has a
genetic gift--one which laid dormant until her stay at summer camp.
Having never considered herself normal, let alone special, Kaitlin is
dazzled to have an ability with world-changing implications.
After a terrifying warning from Dr. Forsythe's embittered son and then
discovering a dead body in the doctor's walk-in freezer, Kaitlin must
decide whether to embrace her new gift and follow Dr. Forsythe or use
her gift to defeat the very system from which it was created. By the
end, readers come away from Called Upon feeling surprised and
exhilarated, they will also, like Kaitlin, leave with a new
understanding of their own intrinsic worth and limitless potential.