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Being

author: Brooks, Kevin
After finding out he is part machine, sixteen-year-old Robert Smith runs from the covert government agents who are trying to pin a murder on him, and together with Eddi, a nineteen-year-old criminal, tries to uncover his true identity.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610

Banished

author: Littlefield, Sophie
Sixteen-year-old Hailey Tarbell, raised by a mean, secretive grandmother, does not know that she comes from a long line of healers until her Aunt Prairie arrives with answers about her past that could quickly threaten her future.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

author: Mcbride, Lish
Sam LaCroix, a Seattle fast-food worker and college dropout, discovers that he is a necromancer, part of a world of harbingers, werewolves, satyrs, and one particular necromancer who sees Sam as a threat to his lucrative business of raising the dead.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650

Keeper Of The Lost Cities

author: Messenger, Shannon
Twelve-year-old Sophie discovers the abilities that have always caused her to stand out are because she is actually an elf and, after she is brought to Eternalia where she can hone her skills, Sophie learns she harbors certain secrets that others would kill to learn.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 69
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670

King Of The Middle March

author: Crossley-holland, Kevin
Arthur de Caldicot, on his way to becoming a man, witnesses the horrors of the Fourth Crusade in Venice and Zara, as well as the downfall of King Arthur's court, in his seeing stone.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: arthur, identity [X], magic, middle ages, historical fiction, individuality [X], great britain

Looking For Lucy Buick

author: Murphy, Rita
Following the death of her favorite adoptive aunt, Lucy goes searching for her biological family who abandoned her in an old Buick eighteen years before.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: identity [X], runaways, foundlings, coming of age, individuality [X]

Going Where I'm Coming From

author: Mazer, Anne
An anthology of fourteen autobiographical narratives about growing up in America's diverse society.
920
year: 1995
copies: 10
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1080

Firegold

author: Calhoun, Dia
Thirteen-year-old Jonathon, feared and hated by the brown-eyed Valley people because of his blue eyes, tries to find answers to his true identity in the Red Mountains, home of the Dalriada, a mountain people with magnificent horses, mystical powers, and blue eyes like his.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: fantasy, fantasy fiction, identity [X], teenagers, individuality [X]

The Isabel Factor

author: Friesen, Gayle
Anna has always been content to let her best friend Zoe take the risks, leaving Anna to watch from the sidelines, but when Zoe breaks her arm, Anna must face summer camp on her own.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: best friends, friendship, camps, identity [X], individuality [X]

The Naming

author: Croggon, Alison
A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870

The Real Plato Jones

author: Bawden, Nina
While visiting Greece, thirteen-year-old Plato Jones tries to come to terms with his mixed heritage as he finds out more about his two grandfathers, the Welsh one, a World War II hero, and the Greek one, a supposed traitor.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890

Standing For Socks

author: Weissman, Elissa Brent
At the end of fifth grade, Fara decides to wear mismatched socks as a statement of individuality, but once middle school starts and she wants to be known for her ideas rather than her clothing, she feels burdened by an image that she no longer wants.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870

The Island

author: Paulsen, Gary
Fifteen-year-old Wil discovers himself and the wonders of nature when he leaves home to live on an island in northern Wisconsin.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1050

Goose

author: Bang, Molly
Adopted by woodchucks at birth, a baby goose never feels she truly belongs--until the day she discovers she can fly.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 30
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: geese, woodchuck, identity [X], woodchucks, individuality [X], picture books

Kiki Strike

author: Miller, Kirsten
Fourteen-year-olds Ananka Fishbein, Kiki Strike, and the other Irregulars encounter a Chinese mummy, a ghost, trained squirrels, and old enemies as they try to stop an art forgery ring and safeguard the secret streets hidden beneath New York City.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820

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