identity (psychology)

"The Notebook of Doom is missing and Alexander and his fellow-monster hunters, Rip and Nikki, are convinced that the boss-monster has it; but is that monster the mysterious Principal Vanderpants, who is certainly behaving oddly, or someone else--and they need to figure that out quickly because a mistake could have deadly consequences for Stermont Elementary"--Provided by publisher.

"You are . . .You are . . .You are . . . Every child is full to bursting with amazing things! . . . celebrates the wonderful and complex identity of children of immigrants and refugees, embracing all that they are--a dancer, a shining light, a K-pop song--and promising what they will never be: invisible"--Publisher.

The five dragonets of the prophecy are hoping to hide in safety in the RainWing kingdom, and Glory is hoping to learn more about her own identity, but when tribe members start disappearing and the old queen does nothing, it is up to Glory and her friends to uncover the lurking evil.

"Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled"--Provided by publisher.

A young Latinx poet grappling with loneliness and heartache decides one day to bring Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla back to life. The seance kicks off an uncanny trip narrated by a Greek chorus of gossiping spirits as she journeys through a dead celebrity prom, encounters her shadow self, and performs karaoke in hell. In poems embodying millennial angst, paragraph-long conversations overheard at her local coffee shop, and unhinged Twitter rants, the poet reveals an eerie, sometimes gruesome, yet still moving love story. --.

"In the world of Norse mythology, humans revere the mighty gods and fear the mystical nature-wielding Jotuns. Abandoned by her own kind and raised in a human orphanage Gunhild, a 12-year-old fire Jotun, longs to prove that she's more than a little troublemaker. As the world heads toward a potential disaster, Gunhild must fight for what's right and follow her own sense of justice, even if no one else will fight for her"--Back cover.

Andrew Aziza is an unusually smart fifteen-year-old in Kontagora, Nigeria. He lives with his fiercely protective mother, Gloria, and fantasizes obsessively about white girls-especially blondes. When he's not in church, at school, or hanging about town with his droogs wishing to become one of ?Africa's first superheroes,? he's contemplating the larger questions with his teacher Zahrah and his equally brilliant friend Fatima, a Hausa-Fulani girl who has feelings for him. Together they discuss mathematical theorems, Black power, and what Andy has deemed the Curse of Africa.

"Every day, ?lie motivates her hundreds of thousands of followers to become the best versions of themselves by posting videos of exercise routines and high-protein breakfast recipes. . . . And yet, ?lie worries that her life is not as flawless as she makes it seem on YouTube and Instagram. Between her obsession with the 'ideal weight,' her growing attraction to another man, her family's disdain for her career as a content creator and a collaboration with another influencer who ?lie can't stand, a thought haunts her. What if, by trying to become everything she wanted to be, she's lost herself along the way? . . . An intimate exploration of our obsession with appearances and the hypocrisies that appear when you must craft the perfect online life"--Provided by publisher.

"Payden has always used he/him pronouns, until one day Payden realizes those words might not fit. Payden's parents promise to throw a big party to introduce whatever pronouns Payden chooses--but which pronouns are the best match? On a colorful quest, Payden talks to friends about a rainbow of possibilities: he, she, they, ze, and so many more! The right pronouns are just waiting to be tried on"--Provided by publisher.

When Starflight is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.