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Divergent / by Roth, Veronica.;
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she’s kept hidden from everyone because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. -- provided by author's website.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Families; Courage;
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The lightning thief / by Riordan, Rick.;
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction — Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend. -- provided by author.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Mythology, Greek; Identity (Philosophical concept); Mythology, Greek; Identity; Fantasy.;
© 2006, c2005., Miramax Books,
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The warrior heir / by Chima, Cinda Williams.;
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
Subjects: Magic; Wizards; Identity (Philosophical concept); Magic; Wizards; Identity; Fantasy.;
© 2007., Hyperion Paperbacks,
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The search for WondLa / by DiTerlizzi, Tony.;
Ages 10 up.Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. Features "augmented reality" pages, in which readers with a webcam can access additional information about Eva Nine's world.
Subjects: Human-alien encounters; Identity (Philosophical concept); Science fiction.; Human-alien encounters; Identity;
© 2012., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
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The Naming / by Croggon, Alison,1962-;
012-up.A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Supernatural; Magic; Identity (Philosophical concept); Orphans; Supernatural; Magic; Identity; Orphans; Fantasy.;
© 2006, c2002., Candlewick Press,
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Fables of identity : studies in poetic mythology / by Frye, Northrop.;
Includes bibliographical references.1. The archetypes of literature -- Myth, fiction, and displacement -- Nature and Homer -- New directions from old -- 2. The structure of imagery in The faerie queene -- How true a Twain -- Recognition in The winter's tale -- Literature as context: Milton's Lycidas -- Towards defining an age of sensibility -- Blake after two centuries -- The imaginative and the imaginary -- Lord Byron -- 3. Emily Dickinson -- Yeats and the language of symbolism -- The realistic oriole: a study of Wallace Stevens -- Quest and cycle in Finnegan's wake.
Subjects: English poetry; American poetry; Mythology in literature.; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.; Poetics.;
© c1963., Harcourt, Brace & World,
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Dreamland / by Dessen, Sarah.;
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
Subjects: Dating violence; Interpersonal relations; Identity (Philosophical concept); Runaway teenagers; Sisters;
© 2012., Speak,
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Critical approaches to literature. by Evans, Robert C.,1955-editor.;
Edition statement supplied by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.Dedication -- About this volume ; On multicultural criticism: multicultural approaches to Wilfred Owen's "disabled" / Robert C. Evans -- Critical contexts -- Sounding the alarum: calls for drinking in moderation in early modern English pamphlets, pulpits, and plays / Jonathan D. Wright -- Introduction to multicultural criticism: an overview / Melissa D. Carden -- Multicultural and other approaches to a "new" story by Zora Neale Hurston / Christina M. Garner -- "In a far country": Jack London and multiculturalism / Kelley Jeans -- Critical readings -- Trance, trauma, PNES, and epileptic seizures in Shakespeare's Othello ; Multicultural and other approaches to a "new" story by Sui Sin Far / Robert C. Evans -- Minglings: form, style, and theme in Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God / Nicolas Tredell -- From This I believe to "The marching hordes": the edges of multiculturalism in the juvenile novels of Robert A. Heinlein / Rafeeq O. McGiveron -- The other half of the story: valuing the vision of Black Atlantic women / Shirley Toland-Dix -- Asian-American whodunit: politics of negative representation in Chan is missing (1982) / Swan Kim -- At the threshold of revelation: intersectional difference and queer utopia in Angels in America / Sarah Crockarell -- Social constructions of otherness in the United States: four Latin American examples / Susan Kenney -- How to teach a true Spokane story: learning Sherman Alexie's Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven through Tim O'Brien's The things they carried / Michael Kaufmann -- The other father in Barack Obama's Dreams from my father / Robert Kyriakos Smith and King-Kok Cheung -- Deconstructing the urban circuit: gospel musicals, Langston Hughes's legacy, and Tyler Perry's contemporary influence / Phyllisa Deroze -- The Jewish dimension in contemporary Latino literature / Bridget Kevane -- Reading terror, reading ourselves: conflict and uncertainty in Mohsin Hamid's The reluctant fundamentalist / Maryse Jayasuriya -- Resources -- Multicultural pluralism: a variety of possible multicultural approaches to literature / Robert C. Evans -- Chronology -- Additional works -- Bibliography -- About the editor -- Contributors -- Glossary -- Index."The Critical Approaches series focuses on one type of literary criticism commonly studied in introductory literature classes. It defines the approach, introduces its genesis, and provides an overview of the leading practitioners within this area of scholarship. Essays then model the approach for students by examining a variety of works--novels, plays, films, and poems. Each volume contains an appendix, which provides prescriptive tools for what to look for when examining works using the particular approach. Volumes include a glossary of frequent terms, a list of works on that approach to literature, a bibliography and an index."
Subjects: Ethnic groups in literature.; Race in literature.; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.; Multiculturalism in literature.; Literature;
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Allegiant / by Roth, Veronica,author.; Sequel to:Roth, Veronica.Insurgent.;
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered--fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature--and of herself--while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.Grade 9-up
Subjects: Science fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Dystopias; Identity (Philosophical concept); Families; Courage; Social classes; Loyalty; Dystopias; Families; Courage; Social classes; Loyalty; Science fiction.;
© [2013], Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
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Pathfinder / by Card, Orson Scott.;
012-up.Thirteen-year-old Rigg has a secret ability to see the paths of others' pasts, but revelations after his father's death set him on a dangerous quest that brings new threats from those who would either control his destiny or kill him.
Subjects: Young adult fiction, American.; Science fiction, American; Science fiction.; Identity; Psychic ability; Time travel; Interplanetary voyages; Space colonies; Identity (Philosophical concept); Psychic ability; Time travel; Interplanetary voyages; Space colonies;
© 2010., Simon Pulse,
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