Amazing Grace
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is African-American, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 286
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: african americans [X], identity, theater, individuality [X], blacks, identity (philosophical concept), video recordings for the hearing impaired
Joshua's Masai Mask
Fearing that his classmates will ridicule his playing the kalimba in the school talent show, Joshua uses a magical Masai mask to transform himself into different people he thinks are more interesting, before realizing that his own identity is one of value.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 89
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
Miss Tizzy
The eccentric Miss Tizzy, a beloved friend to all the children in her neighborhood, needs their help in remaining happy when she is sick in bed.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: individuality [X], sick, african americans [X], identity, identity (philosophical concept)
Bronx Masquerade
"While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 109
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: poetry, identity, ethnicity, african americans [X], high schools, bronx (new york, n.y.), school stories, individuality [X]
Jip
While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: identity, fugitive slaves, slavery, african americans [X], individuality [X], historical fiction
Looking Like Me
Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people" that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and runner.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
The Other Half Of My Heart
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
subjects: racially mixed people, twins, sisters, identity (psychology), african americans [X], individuality [X]
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), coming of age, problem families, african americans [X], identity, family problems, violence, individuality [X], dysfunctional families, bildungsromans
Honey, I Love
A little girl recites some of the things, events, and people in her life that she cherishes.
811
year: 2003
copies: 38
call number/section: 811
lexile:
subjects: african american girls, children's poetry, american, african americans [X], american poetry, individuality [X], family life
Sweet, Hereafter
In this final book of the "Heaven" trilogy, Sweet leaves home and meets Curtis, a soldier from Iraq, and they spend time together at his cabin in the woods until Curtis gets orders to return to Iraq.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: individuality [X], interpersonal relations, iraq war, 2003-, african americans [X], identity (psychology), identity (philosophical concept), identity, electronic books, bildungsromans
Plain City
Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a "mixed" child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: fathers and daughters, african americans [X], racially mixed people, identity, father-daughter relationship, father-child relationship, individuality [X], father and child
The Two Tyrones
Tyrone Rashon Williams's excitement about the first day of the new school year wanes when he sees that everyone is wearing the same new sneakers he is so proud of, but it gets worse when a new student arrives who has his exact same name.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
Billy The Great
Billy's parents try to plan his life for him, including his choice of friends, but he has ideas of his own.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Truth With A Capital T
Staying with her grandparents over the summer while her parents are on tour for their latest book, eleven-year-old Maebelle struggles to find her true talent and tries to compete with her newly adopted African American cousin.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
Jubilee Journey
Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African American mother and her "French American" father, but when they spend some time with her great-grandmother in Texas, Emily Rose learns about her black heritage and uncovers some new and exciting parts of her own identity.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: racially mixed people, african americans [X], great-grandmothers, identity, individuality [X], texas