The Gathering: Darkness Rising, Book 1.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)

The Gathering: Darkness Rising, Book 1 (unabr.). 7 cassettes or 7 CDs. 8:15 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4498-6179-7: $56.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4498-6183-4:$77.75

Gr 7 Up-Adopted as an infant, the only clues Maya holds to her Native identity are an unusually strong affinity with-animals--particularly cougars--and a birthmark in the shape of a cat's paw. Just days after her 16th birthday, Maya discovers that she is a Skin-Walker, an ancient being who can shift into animal shapes. Skin-Walkers supposedly became extinct centuries ago, but were recently resurrected by scientists in a secret genetic experiment. Now the teens whose Skin-Walker gene was activated are …