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2) Arclight
Author
Series
Arclight volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
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Description
The first person to cross the barrier that protects Arclight from the Fade, teenaged Marina has no memory when she is rescued but when one of the Fade infiltrates Arclight, she recognizes it and begins to unlock secrets she never knew she had.
3) Sapphique
Author
Series
Incarceron volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Description
After his escape from the sentient prison, Incarceron, Finn finds that the Realm is not at all what he expected, and he does not know whether he is to be its king, how to free his imprisoned friends, or how to stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006
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Description
Edwina is well-known in her neighborhood, she plays with kids, she bakes delicious chocolate chip cookies and helps old ladies cross the street. She is well-loved by everyone except for one person: Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. He knows for a fact that dinosaurs are extinct and tries to convince everyone that they are. What happens when Edwina finds out?
5) Memory maze
Author
Series
The hypnotists volume 2
Description
Jackson Opus and his family have been forced into hiding because his identity as a powerful young hypnotist has been leaked out--but his enemy Dr. Mako is still out to find him to use his mesmerizing skills for evil purposes.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Two wolves find a baby girl floating down the river and take her home to raise her and teach her about good and evil, light and dark, right and wrong (although wolf two thinks of dinner); but when she grows up she is drawn to the human world--although the wolves are waiting to take her home each night.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.
A blue crayon mistakenly labeled as "red" suffers an identity crisis in this picture book. Red has a bright red label, but he is, in fact, blue. His teacher tries to help him be red (let's draw strawberries!), his...
9) Dogchild
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
Jeet was raised by a pack of wild dogs. Recaptured and 'rehumanised', Jeet now lives with the last of his people in an ancient walled town in the vast expanse of the Deathlands, besieged by a much larger enemy clan. They are preparing for the final battle and it's Jeet's task to record the events. But Jeet is struggling to come to terms with his half-human, half-dog identity. Can the impending conflict, and his relationship with another rehumanised...
10) Amina's voice
Author
Series
Amina's voice volume 1
Description
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque is vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American" and hide who she really is?
11) Why am I me?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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.
12) Openly straight
Author
Series
Openly straight volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
©2013
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Description
Tired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what? Shay’s...
14) Defy
Author
Series
Defy novels volume 1
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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
Series
Dark Lord volume 1
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2011
Description
Evil Dark Lord tries to recover his dignity, his power, and his lands when an arch-foe transports him to a small town, into the body of a thirteen-year-old boy.
17) Best friends-ish
Author
Series
Audrey L and Audrey W volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
So far second grade is not living up to Audrey Locke's hopes, because she is not really the best at anything, the other girls leave her out, and even her Diego, her best friend from first grade, is hanging out with the other boys; but things may be getting worse, because starting Monday she will not even be the only Audrey in second grade--to Audrey L (as she must now be known) this is looking like a disaster, but just maybe she has more in common...
18) Altered
Author
Series
Altered series volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Anna finds herself on the run from her father's enigmatic Branch, along with the four teen boys the Branch had been experimenting on, as they try to make sense of erased memories, secret identities, and genetic alteration.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, and cursed with unusual size and strength, twelve-year-old Yanka the bear has never felt she belonged in the small village where she grew up; the Snow Forest seems to call to her and when she wakes up one day with her legs transformed into bear legs she flees the village, and embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover clues to her mysterious origin and identity.
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Series
Hybrid chronicles volume 1
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Description
What's Left of Me, the first book of the Hybrid Chronicles, is set in an alternate reality where everyone is born with two souls. But one soul is naturally dominant, and in early childhood, the other soul fades away.That didn't happen for Addie and Eva. Now fifteen, Eva clings to life inside the body she shares with Addie, although she can no longer speak or even move.Addie does everything she can to hide the presence of her sister soul. Eva's very...