Liar-Justine Larbalestier

Micah is a compulsive liar. She lies about everything...well almost everything. When her kinda-boyfriend, Zach, dies, Micah's lies catch up to her and rumors spread. She's not only a suspect, but she was also dating a guy who already had a girl friend.

This book is a bit of a puzzle. The chapters are mainly titled BEFORE or AFTER. There's some pretty interesting stuff in it. Micah's a werewolf, which would be easy to figure out if you read the tags to this book and the first bit about her being born with a light coating of fur.

Micah is half black, half white. She lives in New York City. She like biology. Her grandma and great-aunt called the "Greats" live upstate on a farm with her cousins, some of who are wolves too. They live without modern technology and Micah doesn't want to go there. I'm afraid if I spoil anymore I will ruin the mystery, but I'll just say that this book will catch your interest, flipping the pages for you. A non-stop mystery-thriller! The author, She's married to Scott Westerfeld. She wrote the Magic or Madness trilogy that I loved!

~*Haley*

Whiteout-Walter Sorrells

This is the 3rd book in the Hunted series. The 1st is Fake I.D. and the 2nd is Club Dread.

Chass and her mom move to Greensville, Minnisota. After a month of being there and Whiteout storm happens, making everything a Winter World. Chass finds Ms. Hill's body in the snow with a shot in the head. She was the music teacher, an old lady, and Chass wondered who would do this to a nice lady. She sees a man, the killer most likely. When she tells her mom, her mother wants to leave. Chass gets mad and walks out into the storm. She goes to the police station and the chief helps her a bit, but then he's going crazy about the wolves. Chass hotwires a snowmobile and wrecks it. She goes home again and her mom's still not there. Katie shows up at her house. There's someone at the door and they freak out. It's Fabe from California. I can tell you a few more key events:

-Her mom gets shot after going out with Chass's hat on

-The girls get in trouble for breaking into Ms. Hill's house

-The high school is set on fire and Katie tries to save instrument while Chass looks for evidence

-We find out that Kyle Van Epps was from this town

-Kyle had a brother, Cale

-Cale was deformed. He's in the loony bin.

-Elliot used to go get Cale in secrecy and drive him to Ms. Hill's home to record and make songs.

-Cale is a rich song writer, but Kyle gets all the money.

-Chass goes back to Ms. Hill's and into her basement and is locked in as it burns. She gets out barely.

Too much happens. It's a good book and a mystery, so I'm not gonna tell you the killer. Is is Kyle, Cale, Elliot, Elliot's Dad, Mr. Osmund or some other person? Read and find out!

:)

~*Haley*