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The Moorchild

author: Mcgraw, Eloise
Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: identity [X], fairies, fantasy, newbery medal, individuality [X]

Max And The Dumb Flower Picture

author: Alexander, Martha G
Despite his teacher's entreaties that it would be perfect for Mother's Day, Max refuses to color in the same flower picture as the rest of the class.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], teachers, mother's day, identity [X]

How I Changed My Life

author: Strasser, Todd
Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while working on the school play with a former star football player who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: identity [X], high schools, identity (philosophical concept), individuality [X]

The Very Sleepy Sloth

author: Murray, Andrew
Teased for sleeping while the other animals practice running, jumping, swinging, and lifting weights, Sloth teaches them that there is one thing each of them does best--and his talent is sleeping.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530

Rabbityness

author: Empson, Jo
A very talented rabbit disappears one day, leaving behind special gifts for his friends to help them discover their unique talents.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: identity [X], rabbits, individuality [X]

Definitely Not Camelot

author: Peters, Kimberly Joy
Ashley finds herself overwhelmed as she tries to deal with her mother's cancer treatments, her best friend's departure to Canada, the loss of her modeling career and her boyfriend, and some nasty rumors that begin to surface just as Ashley thinks things might be going her way.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930

I Wanna Be Your Shoebox

author: Garcia, Cristina
Thirteen-year-old, clarinet-playing, Southern California surfer, Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch, comes from a complex family--her father is Jewish-Japanese, her mother is Cuban, and her parents are divorced--and when her grandfather Saul is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Yumi asks him to tell her his life story, which helps her to understand her own history and identity.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770

An African Princess

author: Edmonds, Lyra
Lyra and her parents go to the Caribbean to visit Taunte May, who reminds her that her family tree is full of princesses from Africa and around the world.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
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I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa

author: Heling, Kathryn
Abby thinks Rosa's glasses make her look beautiful and wishes she wore glasses herself.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 230

The Lamb-a-roo

author: Kimpton, Diana
When motherless Lamb and childless Kangaroo find and adopt each other, they come to realize that their awkward differences are not nearly as important as their love for each other.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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I Am A Lion!

author: Sommer, Carl
After getting separated from his parents, a young lion begins to wonder what is wrong with him because he is so different from the gazelles he has joined.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 390
subjects: lions, parent and child, individuality [X], parent-child relationship, identity [X], lion

Mr. Pine's Purple House

author: Kessler, Leonard P.
Mr. Pine lives in a little white house on Vine Street, where there are fifty white houses all in a line.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], house painting, houses, dwellings, identity [X], readers (elementary)

Que Crees?

author: Fox, Mem
Through a series of questions to which the reader must answer yes or no, the personality and occupation of a lady called Daisy O'Grady are revealed.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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Amazing Grace

author: Hoffman, Mary
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
920
year: 2000
copies: 18
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: afro-americans, identity [X], theater, african americans, individuality [X]

Little Benguin

author: Spagnol, Estelle Billon
As the offspring of a bunny and a penguin, Little Benguin is an outcast but when he gets rid of a hungry wolf, Little Benguin is celebrated as a hero.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], animals, identity [X]

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