# 58 & 59 -- Hex Hall & Demonglass

This new series by Rachel Hawkins is AMAZING! I LOVE it! If you are into the supernatural genre, these will be right up your alley. It has witches, werewolves, fairies, vampires and more! So much more!

The Hex Hall Series is full of twists and turns and wonderful characters!
Sophie, the main character, is dealing with powers she doesn't know how to control when she gets sent off to a boarding school where she learns not only about her powers, but her absent father as well.

Demonglass picks right up where the first novel ended and takes us to England, where Sophie begins a relationship with her father. I can't even begin to describe what happens in this story, but just know that the cliffhanger at the end had me screaming for the next book....can't wait for it to come out!

# 57 -- Sixkill

Robert B. Parker.

Spenser.

'Nuf said!

# 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!