The Call
core novel 2016 The Grey Land
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (15,717 ratings, collected 2026-10-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781910989203 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
You wake up alone in a horrible land. A horn sounds. The Call has begun. The Sídhe are close. The magical Sídhe have been expelled from their home and forced into the Grey Land, a place under the earth, a place of darkness and death, and now they have returned to take back what they lost. In a world where teenagers are trained for the most horrific three minutes of their lives, Nessa, who says she is going to live and that nobody is going to stop her, faces her Call. Published by David Fickling Books in 2016, aimed at readers aged thirteen and over, it was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Grey Land
- Series: The Grey Land core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Peadar Ó Guilín
Awards (verified)
- YA Book Prize, 2017: finalist; Shortlisted for the 2017 YA Book Prize (The Bookseller), per Locus and The Irish Times.
- Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year, 2017: finalist; Shortlisted.
Notes
- Rating read from the first entry on the author's page (published 2016), the title being cut off in the snippet.
- From the series record (The Grey Land): Nessa and Anto against the Sídhe of the Grey Land.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Grey Land: position 1 of 2: next The Invasion (2018)
Sources
- School Reading List (series notes)
- Author page on the rating platform (ratings and years)
- CBCA Reading Time (review with edition details)
- Pasco County library catalogue (publisher teaser and first-publication note)
- David Fickling Books (publisher description, via Agenda Bookshop)
- The Irish Times (interview, 2017)
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