self-perception

As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew.

Elmo, a young eagle, has trouble learning to fly but discovers that he is good at something else.

Humiliated after being dumped by her boyfriend--on her birthday--and the popular crowd at the end of her junior year in high school, Katie endures more embarrassing moments while taking a summer class at the University of Texas in Austin and living away from home in an apartment with an overly hip roommate and a psychotic dog.

Fifth grader Natsumi Kawashima's wish to be grown up comes true after she accidentally eats some genetically enhanced nuts, but she soon comes to wonder whether the combination of a sexy woman's body and a fifth-grade mind is a good idea.

In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.

Fourteen-year-old Clara Luna spends the summer with her grandparents in the tiny, remote village of Yucuyoo, Mexico, learning about her grandmother's life as a healer, her father's decision to leave home for the United States, and her own place in the world.

After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.

Brainy, less-than-popular Kyra Evans and basketball captain Jason Vincent become Cross High's most unlikely couple, falling fast for each other while working on a class project, but their intense love is threatened by an unexpected betrayal.

Bored with her life, popular high school junior Libby signs up for an internship at the zoo and discovers that the "science nerds" she meets there may have a few things to teach her about friendship and life.

Anna records her struggles with anorexia--which she personifies as Tyranny, her tormentor--in her journal, and describes her efforts to overcome her deadly enemy through strength of character.