A fascinating middle-school tale that reads like fantasy He awoke from a deep sleep. A sense of foreboding gripped him.... Twelve-year-old Caleb Buckley is basically a good kid. Sure, sometimes he lies and gets himself into trouble with his mom, but that's the small stuff, right? The dark world, however, sees him differently. To them he's a potential threat. And they'll do anything to stop him.including using his friends. But which friends are on the side of light? Which friends are on the side of darkness? And what about the strange woman who shows up on Caleb's porch and seems to know everything about him?