Identity

Sylvia Jean, Drama Queen

Sylvia Jean has an amazing costume for every occasion, but when a party is announced, with a prize for the best costume, she cannot think of what to wear.

Costume, fiction, Identity, Identity (Philosophical concept), Juvenile fiction

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Criss Cross

Lynne Rae Perkins

Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.

fiction, Identity, Nineteen sixties

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When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and

Cousins, fiction, Identity, Loss (Psychology), Mother and child

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Lady of Ch'iao Kuo

Laurence Yep

In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both

China, Diaries, fiction, Historical fiction, History

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Anson's Way

Gary D. Schmidt

While serving as a British Fencible to maintain the peace in eighteenth-century Ireland, Anson finds that his sympathy for a hedge master, a teacher devoted to teaching Irish children their forbidden

18th century, Coming of age, Fathers and sons, fiction, Historical fiction

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Pinky and Rex and the Bully

James Howe

Pinky learns the importance of identity as he defends his favorite color, pink, and his friendship with a girl, Rex, from the neighborhood bully.

Bullies, fiction, Friendship, Identity

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Crispin

Avi

Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

Edward III, 1327-1377, fiction, Great Britain, Historical fiction, History

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Which Witch Is Which?

Pat Hutchins

Although Ella and Emily look alike, their choices of food, games, and colors at a birthday party help the reader tell them apart.

fiction, Identity, Parties, Stories in rhyme, Twins

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Marvin Redpost

Louis Sachar

After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.

fiction, Identity, Schools, Sex role

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The Other Shepards

Adele Griffin

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 identitites and escape from the oppressiv

Family problems, fiction, Grief, Identity, New York City

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