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41) Defy
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Alexa's parents were killed by a sorcerer during a raid, so she has disguised herself as a boy, joined Antion's army, and earned a place on Prince Damian's guard--but Antion is ruled by an evil king, and "Alex" must find a way to defeat him and protect her prince.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When you meet someone for the first time, they might ask, "Who are your people?" and "Where are you from?" In these pages is a timeless celebration of the individuals and experiences that help shape young children into the most remarkable and unique beings that they can be.
44) Are you a cow?
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Readers respond to a chicken's questions about different animals and learn how great it is to just be themselves.
45) Why am I me?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In a poetic, philosophical exchange, two children of different races ask themselves why they are who and what they are, and speculate on how they could be different.
46) Still a gorilla
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Willy the Gorilla imitates the other animals at the zoo, but despite pretending he remains always a gorilla.
47) The Unidentified
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In a futuristic alternative school set in a shopping mall where video game-playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.
48) American ace
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Connor tries to help his severely depressed father, who learned upon his mother's death that Nonno was not his biological father, by doing research that reveals Dad's father was probably a Tuskegee Airman.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
520 When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out. His knowledge of Zen Buddhism provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
50) Moonlight
Author
Series
Dark guardian volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
While working as a wilderness guide in the national forest where her parents were killed twelve years earlier, seventeen-year-old Kayla is powerfully drawn to Lucas, who she learns is her appointed guardian--and much more--as she discovers her true identity and destiny.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Lena, almost sixteen, has always felt drawn to the waters of San Francisco Bay despite the fears of her father, a former surfer, but after she glimpses a beautiful woman with a tail, nothing can keep Lena from seeking the mermaid in the dangerous waves at Magic Crescent Cove.
52) Dead to you
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Having been abducted at age seven, abandoned, a foster child, and homeless, Ethan, now sixteen, is happy to be home until his brother's suspicion and his own inability to remember something unspeakable from his early childhood begin to tear the family apart.
53) I am J
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
Author
Series
Girl who dared to think volume 4
Publisher
Nightlight Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Return to the Tower in the gripping fourth book of The Girl Who Dared series, where Liana will face her greatest challenge yet: Become Ambrose's replacement, or die trying.
Author
Series
Girl who dared to think volume 3
Publisher
Nightlight Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Return to the Tower and reunite with Liana Castell in the breath-stealing third book of The Girl Who Dared to Think series.
57) Underwater
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Gabe, a middle child, is unsure of himself and how he fits in his family and the rest of his world. Both his brothers have learning disabilities, does he? Is he a "difficult child," as the book his mom has suggests? Or, does he simply need to find his place?
58) Pink
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Ava does not know who she is or where she belongs, but when she tries out a new personality--and sexual orientation--at a different school, her edgy girlfriend, potential boyfriend, and others are hurt by her lack of honesty.
59) Conjured
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury/Walker
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Haunted by disturbing dreams and terrifying visions, a teenaged girl in a paranormal witness protection program must remember her past and why she has strange abilities before a magic-wielding serial killer hunts her down.