# Read the first page of Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins Read the opening of Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins free, no signup. A teenage witch is exiled to a reform school for wayward magical kids. - Page: https://uncovered.ink/read/hex-hall-rachel-hawkins - Genre: Thrillers - Year: 2010 - ISBN: 9781423128441 - Read it blind (cover and title hidden): https://uncovered.ink/?b=9781423143819&s=read-page - Buy: https://bookshop.org/a/125786/9781423128441 - Borrow: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=9781423128441 ## The opening Felicia Miller was crying in the bathroom. Again. I knew it was her because in the three months I’d been going to Green Mountain High, I’d already seen Felicia crying in the bathroom twice. She had a really distinctive sob, high and breathy like a little kid’s, even though Felicia was eighteen, two years older than me. I’d left her alone before, figuring that it was every girl’s right to cry in a public bathroom from time to time. But tonight was prom night, and there was something really sad about sobbing in formal wear. Besides, I’d developed a soft spot for Felicia. There was a girl just like her at every school I’d ever been to (nineteen and counting). And while I may have been a weirdo, people weren’t mean to me; they mostly just ignored me. Felicia, on the other hand, was the class punching bag. For her, school had been nothing but a constant parade of stolen lunch money and nasty remarks. I peeked under the stall door and saw a pair of feet in strappy yellow sandals. “Felicia?” I called, rapping softly on the door. “What’s wrong?” She opened the door and looked up at me with angry, bloodshot eyes. “What’s wrong? Well, let’s see, Sophie, it’s prom night of my senior year and do you see a date anywhere near me?” “Um . . . no. But you are in the ladies’ room, so I thought—” “What?” she asked as she stood up and wiped her nose with a huge wad of toilet paper. “That my date’s out there waiting for me?” She snorted. “Please. I lied to my parents and said I had a date. So they bought me this dress”—she slapped at the yellow taffeta like it was a bug she was trying to kill—“and I told them my date was meeting me here, so they dropped me off. I just . . . I couldn’t tell them I didn’t get invited to my senior prom. It would have broken their hearts.” She rolled her eyes. “How pathetic is that?” “It’s not that pathetic,” I said. “Lots of girls come to prom alone.” She glared at me. “Do you have a date?” I did have a date. Sure, it was Ryan Hellerman, who might have been the only person at Green Mountain High less popular than I was, but it was still a date. And my mom had been so excited that someone had asked me. She saw it as my finally making an attempt at Fitting In. Fitting In was really important to my mom. I watched Felicia standing there in her yellow dress, wiping at her nose, and before I could stop myself, I said something totally stupid: “I can help.” Felicia looked up at me through puffy eyes. “How?” I looped my arm through hers, pulling her to her feet. “We have to go outside.” We made our way out of the bathroom and through the crowded gym. Felicia seemed wary as I led her through the big double doors and out into the parking lot. “If this is some sort of prank, I have pepper spray in my purse,” she said, holding her little yellow clutch close to her chest. “Relax.” I looked around to make sure the parking lot was deserted. Even though it was late April, there was still a chill in the air, and both of us shivered in our dresses. “Okay,” I said, turning back to her. “If you could have anyone as your prom date, who would it be?” “Are you trying to torture me?” she asked. “Just answer the question.” Staring at her yellow shoes, she mumbled, “Kevin Bridges?” I wasn’t surprised. SGA president, football captain, all-around hottie . . . Kevin Bridges was the guy almost any girl would pick to be her prom date. “Okay, then. Kevin it is,” I muttered, cracking my knuckles. ## Books with a similar feel - [Reading, Writing, and Segregation by Sonya Yvette Ramsey](https://uncovered.ink/read/reading-writing-and-segregation-sonya-yvette-ramsey.md) - [Slow Horses by Mick Herron](https://uncovered.ink/read/slow-horses-mick-herron.md) - [Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz](https://uncovered.ink/read/point-blank-anthony-horowitz.md) - [Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris](https://uncovered.ink/read/bring-me-back-b-a-paris.md) - [The Whistler by John Grisham](https://uncovered.ink/read/the-whistler-john-grisham.md) - [The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz](https://uncovered.ink/read/the-nowhere-man-gregg-hurwitz.md) --- Source: Uncovered (https://uncovered.ink). A short sample shown for reading and discovery. Rights holders can request removal at https://uncovered.ink/takedown.