identity (philosophical concept)

After bonding over their distaste for the roles they are expected to fill, Rapunzel and Cassandra discover a secret lagoon said to hold the kingdom's greatest power.

Recovering from a shooting and stereotyped as a Chicano gangbanger, fourteen-year-old Victor Reyes loves reading books, has a genius girlfriend and an art teacher who mentors and encourages him to apply to art schools, but Victor cannot seem to overcome society's expectations for him.

Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one.

Twelve-year-old woodcraft legacy Minna Treat hopes the mysterious messages she finds in bottles under the bridge her mother died on will lead her to her unknown biological father.

"As we meet back up with twelve-year-old Brine, her friends, and the pirate crew of The Onion, they are sailing west towards the end of the world, filled with the hope of finding dragons and Brine's family"--Provided by publisher.

"Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Embracing her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, Celaena returns to the empire--for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past"--Provided by publisher.

Four women, Yael--whose father, an expert assassin, has never forgiven her for her mother's death during childbirth--Revka--a local baker's wife who witnessed the murder or her daughter by Roman soldiers--Aziza--a warrior's daughter who was raised like a son--and Shirah--a woman born with uncanny insight and knowledge of ancient magic--are drawn to Masada, a mountain the Judean desert where, in 70 CE, nine hundred Jews withheld for months against armies of Romans.

"In the final book of the Books of Beginning trilogy, Kate and Michael must help the magical world prepare for the final war against the Dire Magnus, while Emma must travel to find the final book--the Book of the Dead"--Provided by publisher.

Stella, eleven, gets her dreamed-of adventure when something she should not have seen in the damp, dull hotel where she lives with three dreadful aunts on a cliff above Withering-by-Sea sends her on the run from stage magician Professor Starke and his thugs, eluding danger, making new friends, and facing questions about herself.

"Sami's mother disappeared ten years ago, and the police have always suspected that Sami's father killed her. But they've never had any convincing evidence...until now. Sami's sure her father's innocent. Or is she?"--Provided by publisher.