Mexican Whiteboy
Danny, who is tall and skinny but has a talent for pitching a fastball, cannot seem to fit in at school in San Diego, where his Mexican and white heritage causes people to judge him before he even speaks.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: identity (psychology), self-acceptance, racially mixed people, baseball, cousins, identity [X], fathers and sons, individuality [X], national city (calif.)
Princess In Love
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: princesses, individuality [X], school stories, love, diaries, identity [X], schools, new york (n.y.), humorous fiction
Raven's Gate
Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: good and evil, witches, stone circles, supernatural, foster home care, identity [X], monuments, individuality [X], identity (philosophical concept), paranormal fiction, yorkshire (england), england
Transcendent
"In the aftermath of a terrorist attack on Disney World, all eyes turn to a teenage girl who may be the savior the world needs"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Ringer
"In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human-and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse.
FIC
year:
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenage girls, identity (psychology), individuality [X], humanity, identity [X], science fiction, dystopian fiction, upside-down books
The Journey To Dragon Island
"As we meet back up with twelve-year-old Brine, her friends, and the pirate crew of The Onion, they are sailing west towards the end of the world, filled with the hope of finding dragons and Brine's family"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: pirates, dragons, identity [X], magic, voyages and travels, identity (philosophical concept), action and adventure fiction, individuality [X]
The Van Gogh Deception
"When a young boy is discovered in Washington, DC's National Gallery of Art without any recollection of who he is, he must piece together the disjointed clues of his origins while using his limited knowledge to stop one of the greatest art frauds ever attempted"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: national gallery of art (u.s.), art, individuality [X], memory, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / art & architecture, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, washington (d.c.), detective and mystery fiction, identity (psychology), identity [X]
The Big Secret
In the Tales of Sasha series debut, Sasha discovers that she really isn't like the other horses in her valley when wings sprout from her back and she soars through the air.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: horses, animals, mythical, identity (psychology), secrecy, identity [X], secrets, fantasy fiction, mythical animals, individuality [X], animal fiction
Someday
"When A discovers there are others who wake up in a different person's body every day, A gains new understanding of the extremes where love and loneliness can lead.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
Sarabella's Thinking Cap
Sarabella spends so much time thinking that she has a hard time focusing in school until an understanding teacher finds a way to help.
FIC
year:
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: thought and thinking, imagination, school stories, individuality [X], schools, identity [X], picture books
Be Brave Little One
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text encourage the reader to be brave in many situations, beginning with deciding what courage means to oneself.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: stories in rhyme, courage, individuality [X], conduct of life, identity [X], stories in rhyme
Native Speaker
Henry Park is a Korean American private investigator who, in the course of spying on a New York City politician, comes to terms with his own sense of identity, family, and culture.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: spy stories, individuality [X], identity [X], private investigators, illegal aliens, korean americans, new york (n.y.)
The Executioner's Daughter
Living with her father in the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Moss is disgusted and revolted by both her father's job (executioner) and hers (collecting the freshly severed heads) and wants desperately to escape and find out more about her origins.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: tower of london (london, england), executions and executioners, individuality [X], blessing and cursing, identity (philosophical concept), identity [X], london (england), great britain, paranormal fiction, historical fiction, supernatural, historical fiction, identity (psychology), electronic books
Seraphina
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 29
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: identity (philosophical concept), self-actualization (psychology), dragons, secrecy, music, courts and courtiers, identity [X], secrets, fantasy, individuality [X], self-realization, fantasy fiction, fantasy fiction
The Music Of What Happens
"It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help a Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: gay teenagers, hispanic american teenagers, homophobia, racism, identity (psychology), male rape, secrecy, gays, hispanic americans, teenagers, prejudices, identity [X], rape, mothers and sons, secrets, mother-son relationship, identity (philosophical concept), individuality [X], lgbt