# 56 -- R U in?

R U in? is part of a ABDO Publishing series called Essential Health: A Guy's Guide.

This book deals with "using technology responsibly" and talks to guys about social networking, texting, etc. It gives a scenario of something that goes wrong (like sending a sexy text that gets out to other people) and then talks about how you might handle the situation better or what the person could have done to keep themselves out of the situation all together.

Some of the situations are a little cheesy, but I think they get the point across. I picked this book up as a review book for my library and would like to look at the other ones in the series. I would definitely recommend this to middle school librarians!

# 55 -- Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark by Nick Bertozzi is a wonderful graphic novel in black and white. The storyline takes you on the journey after Jefferson has commission their trip.

Obviously fictionalized, the content feels mostly true to what we know of the journey. It is interesting to see Bertozzi's vision of how they handled some of the situations put before them. You can tell that great research and study went into the writing of this graphic novel. And details of his research is posted in the back of the book.

# 52, # 53, & # 54 -- Fiction/Nonfiction YA

Though I don't usually "count" picture books in my reading list, I am counting these three. Though they are low on pages (48 pages each), they are high on content and being mostly nonfiction, are more difficult to read. These particular books have very detailed illustrations and side notes that take some time to get through. It was fascinating, but also frustrating trying to read all the "extras" within the main writing. I would recommend these books, but don't try to sit down and read them all at once. The pictures alone could take you several days to get through. Really good stuff!

# 51 -- Pray for Silence

Pray for Silence is the second Kate Burkholder novel written by Linda Castillo. Kate is a small town police chief in Amish country who left the Amish community when she was younger. She has special insight into the Amish way of life and is able to use that when tragedy strikes the non-violent community.

This book focuses on a particularly vicious murder of a total family. Kate uses all her skills to track down the killer.

Linda Castillo's writing is spot on and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future!

# 50 -- Red Moon Rising

Red Moon Rising is another supernatural tale of werewolves in teen fiction, but it's taken from a young man's perspective.

The world is different than some of the novels we have read in the past. In this story, Vampires and Wolves live together with humans, but the wolves are second-class citizens. Very interesting social discussions and blatant racism through out the book, which makes you take a closer look at bullying in schools.

Well-written and seems to give the idea that there might be a sequel in the making.