The Dark Side Of Nowhere
Las Vegas...it's not. For Jason Miller, Billington is the definition of dull.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: extraterrestrial beings, identity, science fiction, individuality [X], identity (psychology), cyber weaponry - fiction, ala award, identity (philosophical concept) [X], juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, science fiction
Bang!
Two years after the shooting death of thirteen-year-old Mann's little brother, Mann's father, who believes his son died because he made him too "soft," takes Mann and his friend camping and abandons them in an attempt to make them tough.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 90
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: identity (philosophical concept) [X], coming of age, problem families, african americans, identity, family problems, violence, individuality [X], dysfunctional families, bildungsromans
Rash
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger management problems land him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: self-control, individuality [X], football, artificial intelligence, football stories, identity, identity (philosophical concept) [X]
Suck It Up
After graduating from the International Vampire League, a scrawny, teenaged vampire named Morning is given the chance to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero when he embarks on a League mission to become the first vampire to reveal his identity to humans and to demonstrate how peacefully-evolved, blood-substitute-drinking vampires can use their powers to help humanity.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: vampires, heroes, individuality [X], identity (philosophical concept) [X], superheroes, identity
Strange Angels
Sixteen-year-old Dru Anderson travels from town to town with her father, who hunts "strange" creatures, but when he is turned into a zombie, Dru goes on the run with her friends Grave--freshly bitten by a werewolf--and Christophe--a half-human vampire hunter--to save herself.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: supernatural, psychic ability, werewolves, vampires, orphans, identity (psychology), identity, identity (philosophical concept) [X], individuality [X], paranormal fiction, parapsychology
Dash & Lily's Book Of Dares
Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what -- or who -- they will find.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: treasure hunt (game), identity (psychology), identity, new york (n.y.), individuality [X], identity (philosophical concept) [X], romance, treasure hunts
Paper Daughter
When her father, a respected journalist in Seattle, is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Maggie Chen, a high school intern at her father's newspaper, searches for clues to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, an investigation that forces her to confront her ethnicity and a family she never knew.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: chinese americans, identity (philosophical concept) [X], journalism, identity, seattle (wash.), identity (psychology), individuality [X]
What Happened To Goodbye
Seventeen-year-old Mclean begins to lose sight of who she really is after she tries to reinvent herself at each school she attends after her parents' divorce and her father moves her from town to town.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: divorce, identity (philosophical concept) [X], high schools, schools, individuality [X], school stories, realistic fiction
King Dork
High school loser Tom Henderson discovers that "The Catcher in the Rye" may hold the clues to the many mysteries in his life.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1060
subjects: identity, fathers, high schools, schools, mystery and detective stories, individuality [X], school stories, mystery fiction, identity (philosophical concept) [X], detective and mystery stories, mystery fiction
Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot
When a creative seven-year-old girl spots a blue china bird that she desperately wants, she forms an imaginative plan for getting it.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
subjects: individuality [X], imagination, moneymaking projects, money-making projects for children, identity, identity (philosophical concept) [X]
I Like Myself!
In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 96
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: stories in rhyme, identity, self-esteem, identity (philosophical concept) [X], individuality [X], identity (psychology), picture books for children
Star Of The Week
Excited about being "star of the week" at school, Stanley spends a lot of time choosing and preparing his favorite things to share, but becomes discouraged when his classmates make fun of what he likes.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], self-confidence, schools, school stories, identity (philosophical concept) [X]
Sixth-grade Glommers, Norks, And Me
Allie Kimball discovers that middle school is a very different place than fifth grade and struggles to learn ways to fit in.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: identity, middle school students, schools, individuality [X], school stories, identity (philosophical concept) [X]
First Graders From Mars
Pelly feels miserable because she looks different from her Martian classmates, but a glamorous opera singer who visits her class shows Pelly that her differences make her special.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 170
subjects: self-acceptance, individuality [X], schools, humorous stories, mars (planet), school stories, humorous fiction, identity, identity (philosophical concept) [X]
The Dark Flight Down
On an errand for Kepler, his new master, Boy is captured and imprisoned in the palace dungeon, where he plots his escape from the evil Maxim and the lunatic King Frederick but also learns a disturbing secret about his father.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: magic, magicians, identity, kings, queens, rulers, etc, fathers, individuality [X], kings and rulers, identity (psychology), horror fiction, horror tales, audiobooks, compact discs, identity (philosophical concept) [X], horror stories