individuality

When Rabbit and Bear's swim is disturbed by a small owl, Bear is interested in learning more but Rabbit relates horror stories and wants to imprison the sleeping bird.

When Emma learns that her class picture will be taken while she must wear an eye patch, she is sad because she will look different from the other first-graders.

Warren, a bespectacled chicken, is bored with the everyday chicken routine: peck, cluck, feed; peck, cluck, feed. Same old, same old. There must be more to life. And there must be more to Warren. He leaves the farm to discover what makes him special--and with the help of an unhatched egg and a snarky, hungry rat, he just might get some answers. In his next adventure, Warren is delighted to have a sidekick and feathered friend in the newly hatched Egg. But Egg is rather exasperating. New to the world, he asks so many questions and has so much to learn. Early one morning Egg takes off on his own, and when Warren realizes Egg has flown the coop, nothing will stop him from locating his best buddy--not even that hungry rat, Millard.

"Owly is a wonderful friend! He's honest, trustworthy, and kind. And whenever any of his pals are in trouble, he always finds a way to help. Owly demonstrates the power of friendship by cheering up his friends when they're down, rescuing his friends when they're in danger, and encouraging his friends when they doubt themselves. But Owly's buddies also show what it means to be a great friend in return"--Provided by publisher.

Eleventh grader Erika Early has just moved to Texas with her family and is starting at a new high school. Having never had friends before, she's surprised when she joins the theater club and bonds with a new group of friends, including the handsome Christian Dominguez. Erika is soon obsessing over him, but her insecurities, manifested as a dark, shadowed version of herself, constantly tell her she's not good enough for him. She channels her thoughts and feelings into a one act play with Christian and her friends playing out the romance in her head and hopes Christian won't realize the play is about him.

When Piper loses her ability to fly, she finds she cannot even do ordinary things until the "normal" people around her help her recover her abilities, as she discovers theirs.

This joyful celebration of black and brown lives is based on real events in the famous athlete and activist's young life and reveals the power of radical self-love and knowing your self-worth.

"The backstory of Stranger Things's Robin, and her journey of coming into her own personality, interests, and sexuality"--Provided by publisher.

The Gamer, a.k.a. thirteen-year-old Tyler Morant, must think fast to defeat criminal mastermind Cynthia Cyber's latest creation, Gamerton, an evil clone of The Gamer who can match him power for power.

"How do the identities you hold--like your racial or gender identity--impact you every day? . . . Part of being your true self means learning about group identities and how they affect our experience of the world. . . . This text will help young kids explore their identities and how it shapes their experience"--Provided by publisher.