Avalon High Coronation, Vol. 2:
Homecoming
by Meg Cabot

    HOMECOMING by Meg Cabot
    Illustrated by:  Jinky Coronado
    Category:  Manga/Comics/Pop Fiction
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  6/24/08
    Publisher:  TokyoPop
    Reviewed by:  Jaglvr
    Rating:  5 Stars


    Meg Cabot and Jinky Coronado are back in a second installment of the AVALON HIGH CORONATION series.  
    HOMECOMING is Volume 2 of the continuation.

    Will’s brother, Marco, has been released from the psychiatric hospital.  Marco corners Ellie at the local park to
    convince her that the idea of Will being the incarnation of King Arthur is totally foolish.  Marco starts to convince Ellie
    that even he no longer believes that he’s involved in the foretold prophecy.  But the two are interrupted by the arrival
    of Morgan, Marco’s girlfriend.

    Morgan has it out for Ellie and does everything she can to get her to withdraw from the Homecoming Queen race.  
    Ellie is hardly concerned because she’s convinced that her friend, Jennifer, is meant to win the title anyway.  So
    putting thoughts of Homecoming out of her mind, Ellie is determined to get her boyfriend, Will, reconnected with his
    estranged family.

    Will’s family doesn’t have any time for the silly notion of the reincarnation of King Arthur, and unless Will chooses the
    path his father wishes him to pursue, his father has little to say to him.  

    The dinner goes horribly wrong, and Ellie is troubled by nightmares.  Her World Civ teacher reminds her that
    everything that has occurred has already been foretold.  If she doesn’t convince Will that he’s the reincarnation by the
    Hunter’s Moon the following night, chaos will ensue.  Nothing like having the weight of the world on your shoulders
    on top of all the other struggles of high school

    This follow-up to THE MERLIN PROPHECY is just as stunningly crafted as that first book.  The artwork tells the
    story that Meg Cabot has created in beautiful detail.  The story is easy to follow and the ending leaves the reader
    dangling, waiting for the next part of the story in Volume 3, HUNTER’S MOON.