Things Hoped For
Seventeen-year-old Gwen, who has been living with her grandfather in Manhattan while she attends music school, joins up with another music student to solve the mystery when her grandfather suddenly goes missing.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: music, identity (psychology), grandfathers, death, new york (n.y.), individuality [X], music schools, mystery stories, identity [X], identity (philosophical concept)
Beyond The Deepwoods
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: trolls, forests and forestry, abandoned children, identity [X], fantasy, individuality [X]
The Wrong-way Rabbit
Tibbar the backward bunny does everything the opposite from what's expected, walking backwards and going up the down stairs.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
Purplicious
Feeling like an outcast from her classmates who all love black, Pinkalicious decides to stay true to her favorite color and learns that pink is pretty and powerful.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 128
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: pink, identity [X], schools, color, individuality [X], school stories, identity (philosophical concept)
Leo The Lop (tail Two)
When fire traps the forest creatures, a little rabbit who yearns to look tough and rugged learns that he can be brave despite looking fluffy and cute.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: self-perception, courage, rabbits, individuality [X], identity [X], identity (philosophical concept), animals, winter, conduct of life, electronic books, picture books for children, electronic books
My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks
A young girl draws a family portrait, then makes it more accurate by adding common objects to show aspects of each member's personality, such as her father's playfulness, her mother's sweetness, and her brother's strength.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: portraits, individuality [X], family, families, family life, identity [X], electronic books, electronic books
Lunch Walks Among Us
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: humorous fiction, individuality [X], school stories, humorous stories, identity [X], monsters, science, schools
Pezzettino
Little Pezzettino is so small he is convinced he must be a piece of somebody else, but a wise man helps him discover the truth.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Owliver
Although each of Owliver's parents has ideas for what he should do when he grows up and they expose him to lessons and experiences of various kinds, Owliver makes his own decision about what he is going to be.
FIC
year: 1988
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Joshua's Masai Mask
Fearing that his classmates will ridicule his playing the kalimba in the school talent show, Joshua uses a magical Masai mask to transform himself into different people he thinks are more interesting, before realizing that his own identity is one of value.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 89
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
Yang The Youngest And His Terrible Ear
When nine-year-old Yingtao, the only person in his family without musical talent, moves from China to Seattle, he struggles with the decision to tell his father he would like to end his violin lessons in favor of a new interest.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
Miss Tizzy
The eccentric Miss Tizzy, a beloved friend to all the children in her neighborhood, needs their help in remaining happy when she is sick in bed.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: individuality [X], sick, african americans, identity [X], identity (philosophical concept)
Three Cheers For Tacky
Tacky the penguin adds his own unique touch to his team's routine at the Penguin Cheering Contest, with surprising results.
FIC
year: 1994
copies: 158
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
A Head Is For Hats
Rhyming text describes parts of the body and their uses--hands for waving and painting, a mouth for singing and eating--and tells how the parts add up to be a unique person.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 270
The Adventures Of A Nose
The Nose searches all over the world for a place where he can both fit in and stick out, a place where he can be happy.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: