self-acceptance

Taylor Barzelay seems to have the perfect life with good looks and good grades, but they are actually an alien princess from the planet Cyandii, and after six long years of accepting the duty to remain in hiding as a boy on Earth, it all changes when they meet confident Metropolis city girl Katherine.

"When Epic's family moves to a new neighborhood, he has a hard time making friends and fitting in with his skateboard; but the trick to making new friends is to be yourself"--Provided by publisher.

On adoption day at the shelter, Buttons, a young cat, loses his nerve when it comes time to show off his talents and learns that just being himself is good enough.

"Confused as to why she isn't included in the rainbow . . . Pink wonders if she is not really a color until a friend shows her that she is truly one of a kind, rainbow or not".

Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.

"Olive is spending the summer before college helping a fashion-industry imaging specialist--and pondering the impact of this work behind the scenes"--Provided by the publisher.

A young adult graphic novel about the life-saving power of teen friendships finds Winifred starting her first day of sophomore year without her two best (and only) friends, who have transferred to a private school, but she soon bonds with two offbeat students, Oscar and April, and must learn to navigate a secret that threatens to destroy her newfound friendships.

Geraldine Pu thinks her hair is boring and uses her cat shaped hat to cover it, but after she tries to copy her grandmother's hair with disastrous results, Geraldine learns to embrace her individuality.

Sophie, a young witch, is sent to live with her relatives to improve her magic, but when a spell she tries goes wrong, she meets a water dragon trapped on land who can't remember where he came from and Sophie must decide if she is going to help him, at the risk of failing her magic exams.

"Capybara will do anything for his friends. But it's exhausting--and when Capybara meets a potential new friend who doesn't seem to be responding to his advances, Capybara learns a valuable lesson. His friends like him just for who he is"--.