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The First Thing My Mama Told Me

author: Swanson, Susan Marie
A young girl celebrates the name that was chosen just for her.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: names, personal, identity [X], personal names, individuality [X]

A Funny Man

author: Jensen, Patricia
A funny man with a funny smile, funny car, and funny crocodile likes to do things just a little bit differently.
920
year: 1993
copies: 36
call number/section: 920
lexile: 240

I'm Like You, You're Like Me

author: Gainer, Cindy
Illustrations and simple text explore ways in which children are alike and some ways they may be different.
155.2
year: 1998
copies: 5
call number/section: 155.2
lexile: 440
subjects: individual differences in children, individuality [X], identity [X]

Dog's New Coat

author: Nash, Margaret
When Dog gets a new spotted coat he quickly decides he does not like it, but every time he tries to get rid of the coat it comes back to him.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dogs, individuality [X], contentment, identity [X]

Another Little Piece

author: Quinn, Kate Karyus
A year after vanishing from a party, screaming and drenched in blood, seventeen-year-old Annaliese Rose Gordon appears hundreds of miles from home with no memory, but a haunting certainty that she is actually another girl trapped in Annaliese's body.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720

Marvin Redpost

author: Sachar, Louis
After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300

My Way

author: Reiser, Lynn
Parallel text in Spanish and English portrays Margaret and Margarita, who mirror one another as they fix their hair, greet their friends, and engage in other routine activities, each in her own special way.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], identity [X], spanish language materials, bilingual books

Not All Princesses Dress In Pink

author: Yolen, Jane
Rhyming text affirms that girls can pursue their many interests, from playing sports to planting flowers in the dirt, without giving up their tiaras.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860

The Dagger Quick

author: Eames, Brian
Twelve-year-old Christopher "Kitto" Wheale, a clubfooted boy seemingly doomed to follow in the boring footsteps of his father as a cooper in seventeenth-century England, finds himself on a dangerous seafaring adventure with his newly discovered uncle, the infamous pirate William Quick.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690

Angela's Aliens

author: Lisle, Janet Taylor
Because Angela seems to have become a totally different person and tells of being abducted by aliens and living among them, her friends change their minds about her.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: identity [X], extraterrestrial beings, friendship, individuality [X]

What Can I Be?

author: Meister, Cari
A young girl wonders what she can be as she tries on different costumes from her dress-up box, and finds that being herself is the best choice.
920
year: 2003
copies: 10
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: identity [X], individuality [X], costume, stories in rhyme

Marisol Mcdonald Doesn't Match =

author: Brown, Monica
Marisol McDonald, a biracial, nonconformist, soccer-playing pirate-princess with brown skin and red hair, celebrates her uniqueness.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580

The Remarkable Life And Times Of Eliza Rose

author: Hooper, Mary
Thrown out of her home by her stepmother in 1670, fifteen-year-old Eliza Rose becomes a companion of actress Nelly Gwyn, a mistress of Charles II, and learns a surprising truth about her parentage.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
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Claudia And The Great Search

author: Martin, Ann M.
It is obvious Claudia is very different from her sister Janine. But when she can hardly find any baby pictures of herself and no birth certificate, she begins to wonder if she might have been adopted.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

Are You "normal"?

author: Shulman, Mark
This collection of quizzes on a variety of subjects allows readers to compare their answers to those given by others around the world and gauge their answers on the weird-o-meter to find out how normal or unique they are.
155.2
year: 2013
copies: 33
call number/section: 155.2
lexile: 570

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