Brave Like That
Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows that he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 42
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dogs, fire departments, middle schools, orphans, reading disability, self-actualization (psychology), schools, school stories, self-realization [X], children's audiobooks, audiobooks, adopted children, school fiction [X], animal fiction
When You Get The Chance
"Nothing will get in the way of Millie Price's dream of becoming a Broadway star.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: self-realization [X], families, theater, high school students, schools, fathers and daughters, absentee mothers, family life, school stories, father-daughter relationship, school fiction [X]
Eb & Flow
"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony 'Eb' Wilson and De'Kari 'Flow' Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans, human behavior, student suspension, middle schools, schools, behavior, school discipline, school stories, novels in verse, school fiction [X], absentee mothers, african american families, custody of children, fathers, friendship, self-actualization (psychology), absentee parents, child custody, self-realization [X]
Good Different
"Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be 'normal' she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok"--BTCat.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: self-realization [X], self-perception, self-control, emotions, school stories, school fiction [X], novels in verse, neurodiversity, self-actualization (psychology), self-control in children, schools, self-actualization
Just Lizzie
Eighth grader Lizzie's study of asexuality in science class leads her to understand her own asexual identity as she embarks on a journey toward self-discovery and self-advocacy.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: self-realization [X], asexual people, family life, school stories, queer fiction, school fiction [X]
Isabel In Bloom
Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Filipina-American Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: self-realization [X], families, clubs, gardening, cooking, middle schools, schools, filipino americans, self-actualization, family life, school fiction [X], novels in verse