title: Sophie #1: Sophie the Awesome
author:  Lara Bergen 
description: Gr 2-4Third-grader Sophie Miller decides that she is too boring and needs another name, like Nate the Great or Ramona the Brave, so she becomes Sophie the Awesome. The only problem is that no one realizes that she is so amazing. She tries to be awesome in music class by playing her instrument too loudly. Then she tries by jumping on the stairs, which is against the rules, and she ends up in the nurse's office. Other attempts such as stuffing her mouth with French fries and jumping rope fail to show her awesomeness as well. Only when Sophie prevents a kindergartner from running into a busy street does she change her name to one she deserves: Sophie the Hero. This is an early chapter book. However, in some of the cartoon drawings, the children look like middle schoolers. Sophie is a self-centered protagonist whose friends are there to serve her needs, but she does not reciprocate. Although she redeems herself in the end, readers may not get that far.<i>Elaine Lesh Morgan, formerly at Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR</i><br /> Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  ## Hex Hall
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Рейчел Хоукинс
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Three years ago, Sophie Mercer discovered that she was a witch. It's gotten
  her into a few scrapes. Her non-gifted mother has been as supportive as
  possible, consulting Sophie's estranged father--an elusive European warlock--
  only when necessary. But when Sophie attracts too much human attention for a
  prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, it's her dad who decides her punishment:
  exile to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a.
  witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.
  
  
  
  
  
  By the end of her first day among fellow freak-teens, Sophie has quite a
  scorecard: three powerful enemies who look like supermodels, a futile crush on
  a gorgeous warlock, a creepy tagalong ghost, and a new roommate who happens to
  be the most hated person and only vampire on campus. Worse, Sophie soon learns
  that a mysterious predator has been attacking students, and her only friend is
  the number-one suspect.
  
  
  
  
  
  As a series of blood-c