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Jacob Have I Loved

author: Paterson, Katherine
Filled with resentment over the attention showered upon her twin sister, and awaiting the day she can leave her town behind, young Louise meets a wise old sea captain and begins learning how to let go of her anger.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880

Fancy Nancy

author: O'connor, Jane, Saxon, Victoria, Tucker, Krista
"In this collection of twelve . . . stories, join Fancy Nancy as she puts on her own dog show, learns to ice skate, goes on a camping adventure, and more! With each story timed to be a five-minute read-aloud, this storybook makes anytime the .
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 237
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420

The Other Shepards

author: Griffin, Adele
Teenage Holland and her younger sister Geneva, having always lived under the shadow of siblings who died before they were born, struggle to establish separate identities and escape from the oppressive weight of their parents' continuing grief.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: sisters [X], identity, family problems, grief, new york (n.y.), individuality [X]

Velma Gratch & The Way Cool Butterfly

author: Madison, Alan
First grade does not go very well for Velma, whose older sisters were practically perfect students, until her class takes a trip to a butterfly conservatory and a monarch butterfly demands to be her friend.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 71
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

Ling & Ting

author: Lin, Grace
Ling and Ting, Chinese American twins, are alike in so many ways, but they also like to point out the many ways they are different from one another.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 81
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 390
subjects: twins, sisters [X], individuality [X], chinese americans

The Twins' Blanket

author: Yum, Hyewon
Two twin girls, who have always shared everything, sleep in separate beds with their own blankets for the first time.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 330
subjects: twins, sisters [X], blankets, individuality [X]

Peace, Love, & Baby Ducks

author: Myracle, Lauren
Fifteen-year-old Carly's summer volunteer experience makes her feel more real than her life of privilege in Atlanta ever did, but her younger sister starts high school pretending to be what she is not, and both find their relationships suffering.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: sisters [X], interpersonal relations, individuality [X], atlanta (ga.)

The Originals

author: Patrick, Cat
Seventeen-year-olds Lizzie, Ella, and Betsey Best are clones, raised as identical triplets by their surrogate mother but taking turns living as her one daughter, Elizabeth, until their separate abilities and a romantic relationship force a change.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
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The Other Half Of My Heart

author: Frazier, Sundee Tucker
Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

Daffodil, Crocodile

author: Jenkins, Emily
Tired of being one of three look-alike sisters that no one can tell apart, Daffodil puts on a papier m?ch? crocodile head and has her own individual adventures.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], sisters [X], imagination, triplets

Ten Rules For Living With My Sister

author: Martin, Ann M.
Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790

Shelly

author: Palatini, Margie
Shelly gets frustrated when his three sisters insist that he do things exactly like them.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ducks, sisters [X], individuality [X]

Daffodil

author: Jenkins, Emily
Triplet sisters Rose, Violet, and Daffodil, grow tired of wearing the colorful party dresses that match their names and stage a revolt.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: individuality [X], clothing and dress, triplets, sisters [X]

A Summer To Die

author: Lowry, Lois
Thirteen-year-old Meg is envious of her sister's beauty and popularity.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: individuality [X], siblings, death, identity, sisters [X], brothers and sisters

Freak

author: Pixley, Marcella Fleischman
Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750

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