Other editions of book The Calling

Thirteen-year-old Martha Zachary thinks her biggest challenge is on the basketball court, but when she meets a gray-haired man with twinkling blue eyes, she learns her greatest trials are yet to come. Merlin, the wizard of legend, tells her that he is on a mission from God; he must train her for her calling – to lead others in the final faceoff between good and evil. How can she add the wizard’s lessons to her busy life without losing her best friend, Anna, or alienating her basketball teammates? What’s more, can she really rise to the calling? This inspirational and exciting story peaks in a locker-room showdown with a demon and his shadow army – right before the big game!

Thirteen-year-old Martha Zachary thinks her biggest challenge is on the basketball court, but when she meets a gray-haired man with twinkling blue eyes, she learns her greatest trials are yet to come. Merlin, the wizard of legend, tells her that he is on a mission from God; he must train her for her calling – to lead others in the final faceoff between good and evil. How can she add the wizard’s lessons to her busy life without losing her best friend, Anna, or alienating her basketball teammates? What’s more, can she really rise to the calling? This inspirational and exciting story peaks in a locker-room showdown with a demon and his shadow army – right before the big game!

As thirteen-year-old Martha Zachary heads home from basketball practice one afternoon, her biggest worry is whether her junior high basketball team will ever beat their archrival. But when a gray-haired man with piercing eyes approaching her, Martha has no idea her life is about to change forever. After Merlin, the wizard of legend introduces himself, he informs Martha he is on a mission from God; it is his job to both teach and protect her. Through his gentle guidance, Martha soon discovers she is destined to carry out a great calling-to lead others to the final faceoff between good and evil. Merlin assures her that she will ready, but Martha secretly wonders how she can apply the wizard's ancient lessons to her own modern life, centered around her best friend, Anna, and her eighth-grade basketball team. In this inspirational, exciting story, just as a teenager learns the truth behind a power greater than any other on earth, the tension peaks in a locker room showdown with a demon and his shadow army-right before the big game!

Thirteen-year-old Martha Zachary thinks her biggest challenge is on the basketball court, but when she meets a gray-haired man with twinkling blue eyes, she learns her greatest trials are yet to come. Merlin, the wizard of legend, tells her that he is on a mission from God; he must train her for her calling - to lead others in the final faceoff between good and evil. How can she add the wizard's lessons to her busy life without losing her best friend, Anna, or alienating her basketball teammates? What's more, can she really rise to the calling?