identity (psychology)

Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find.

"Padm? is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padm? gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padm? on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sab? steps into the role of Senator Amidala, something no handmaiden has done for an extended period of time. While in the Senate, Sab? is equally horrified by the machinations that happen there. She comes face to face with a gut-wrenching decision as she realizes that she cannot fight a war this way, not even for Padm?. And Chancellor Palpatine hovers over it all, manipulating the players to his own ends"--OCLC.

When online friends Jonas and Shani meet for the first time, they along with Shani's best Ash, find they are all keeping secrets, and coming clean will require them to figure out who they really are, which is not easy when one's identity goes beyond labels.

Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.

"An investigation into how we express and understand the complexities of gender today. Deeply researched and fully illustrated, this book demystifies an intensely personal--yet universal--facet of humanity. Illustrating a different concept on each spread, queer author and artist Iris Gottlieb touches on history, science, sociology, and her own experience [of] the sometimes confusing process of navigating ones' identity . . . gender and sexuality in the 21st century"--Provided by publisher.

When the principal of the super competitive Benjamin Banneker STEAM Academy announces the start of an epic Team Competition, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer is determined to win the trophy and prove to his dad he's worthy, but soon he learns there is no "i" in Team.

"A spooky-sweet graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks into a human town to find a family for herself and her mythical housemates, only to unravel long-kept secrets"--Provided by the publisher.

When Cynthia Cyber pulls the Terror Beast out of the digital world and sends it out to attack Crescent City with nightmares, it is up to Tyler in his secret identity as The Gamer to overcome his own fears and defeat the monster.

A virtual tournament is announced in Affinity, the biggest online multiplayer video game in the world, and four kids are invited to compete for the grand prize--and a chance to become a professional gamer.

"A woman in a fancy suit has shown up unexpectedly and unannounced at Kip's apartment, and she's asking questions Kip doesn't want to answer about all odd characters who've escaped her imagination. The Odds have no choice but to go on the run! But running away isn't as simple as should be--not when Lance the rabbit and Ninja-Nina are dueling, Racer's trying to drive everywhere but straight ahead, Booster the rooster wants to leave, and Unicorn and the family cat just can't seem to get along. Kip is hiding secrets from her dad, Diana the dinosaur keeps scaring Kip, and the Woman in the Suit seems to know their every move"--Provided by publisher.