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The Fox Inheritance

Mary E. Pearson

Two-hundred-sixty years after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, sixteen-year-old Locke and seventeen-year-old Kara have been brought back to life in newly bioengineered bodies, with many questions about the world they find themselves in and more than two centuries of horrible memories of being trapped in a digital netherworld wondering what would become of them.

Digital ConsciousnessIdentity FormationRobots & AndroidsScience Fiction
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Mindscan

Robert J. Sawyer · 370 pages

Transplanting his consciousness into an android body in order to escape death, Jake Sullivan falls in love with the android Karen, a situation that is further complicated when Jake's biological body takes hostages and demands its mind back.

Digital ConsciousnessRobots & AndroidsIdentity FormationScience Fiction
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The Black Witch

Laurie Forest · 601 pages

Elloren Gardner is the spitting image of her grandmother, who drove back the enemy forces in the last Realm War. But while her people believe she will follow in her grandmother's footsteps and become the next Black Witch of prophecy, Elloren is devoid of power in a society that prizes magical ability above all else. When she is granted the opportunity to pursue her dream of becoming an apothecary

Identity FormationBelongingSelf-DiscoveryYoung Adult
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The Face on the Milk Carton

Caroline B. Cooney · 188 pages

After recognizing the photo of the little girl listed as missing on the milk carton, 15-year-old Janie Johnson’s life is forever changed as she struggles to balance loyalty with doing what is right.

Identity FormationBelongingYoung AdultSelf-Discovery
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · 368 pages

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

Identity FormationBelongingYoung AdultSelf-Discovery
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Being

Kevin Brooks · 336 pages

Sixteen-year-old Robert lies anaesthetized. A routine operation has just gone wrong.'What the hell is that?''That, Mr Ryan, is the inside of this boy.''Christ . . . It looks like some kind of plastic.'As Robert slowly wakes, he can hear, he can feel, but he can't scream. The operation isn't over. But life, as Robert knows it, is.Robert goes on the run, terrified and desperate for answers. But what

Identity FormationRobots & AndroidsSelf-DiscoveryScience Fiction
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Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal

G. Willow Wilson · 120 pages

Identity FormationBelongingSelf-DiscoveryYoung Adult
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Asunder

Jodi Meadows

After the devastation of Templedark, eighteen-year-old Ana must stand up for the additional newsouls and figure out the mystery of their--and her--existence.

Identity FormationBelongingYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie · 401 pages

On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the *Justice of Toren*--a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, a

Digital ConsciousnessRobots & AndroidsScience FictionFirst Person Narrator
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The Keeper of the Isis Light

Monica Hughes · 160 pages

Robots & AndroidsBelongingScience FictionYoung Adult
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A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · 384 pages

Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very human emotions. But when her ship was badly damaged, Lovelace was forced to reboot and reset. Now housed in an illegal synthetic body, she's never felt so isolated. But Lovelace is not alone. Pepper, an engineer who risked her life to reinstall Lovelace's program, has r

Digital ConsciousnessIdentity FormationScience FictionFemale Lead
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Whispers at Moonrise

C.C. Hunter · 383 pages

Even at a camp for supernatural teens, Kylie Galen has never been normal. Not only can she see ghosts but she doesn't seem to belong to any one species, instead she exhibits traits from them all. Her boyfriend Lucas, seems to be having problems accepting her for what she is and what she isn't. With his werewolf pack standing in the way, Kylie finds herself turning to Derek who seems willing to acc

BelongingIdentity FormationSelf-DiscoveryYoung Adult
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Divergent

Veronica Roth · 487 pages

‘Divergent’ is the first in a trilogy of dystopian, YA novels by Veronica Roth. The book is written from Beatrice Prior’s (Tris), point of view and is written in short chapters making it easy to put down and pick up again. The story is fast paced with full on action throughout. It contains elements of humour and romance, alongside some seriously brutal scenes, especially during Tris’s initiatio

Identity FormationSelf-DiscoveryYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Defiant

Brandon Sanderson · 433 pages

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about

Robots & AndroidsIdentity FormationYoung AdultScience Fiction
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Matched

Ally Condie · 384 pages

Cassia has always followed the autocratic Society without question. So when Xander's face is displayed on the screen at the Matching ceremony, she knows that they are the perfect mates. However, Ky Markham's face also flashed on the screen, if only briefly. Although the Society claims it was a glitch and Cassia knows she is to be with Xander, she cannot stop thinking about Ky. In the Society, Offi

Identity FormationSelf-DiscoveryYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Delirium

Lauren Oliver · 441 pages

The first book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forwar

Identity FormationSelf-DiscoveryYoung AdultScience Fiction
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Software

Rudy Rucker · 176 pages

Digital ConsciousnessRobots & AndroidsScience FictionSeries Starter
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Drew

T. Cooper, Allison Glock · 285 pages

"It is the eve of Ethan Miller's freshman year. He's psyched to be in high school (finally). Until the next morning. When he awakens as a girl. Ethan is a "Changer," one of a little-known race of humans who live out each of their years of high school as someone new. Ethan must now navigate the treacherous waters of ninth grade as Drew Bohner, a petite blonde with an unfortunate last name." - Provi

Identity FormationSelf-DiscoveryYoung AdultFirst Person Narrator
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Spells

Aprilynne Pike · 359 pages

"I can't just storm in and proclaim my intentions. I can't 'steal' you away. I just have to wait and hope that, someday, you'll ask," Tamani said."And if I don't?" Laurel said, her voice barely above a whisper."Then I guess I'll be waiting forever."Although Laurel has come to accept her true identity as a faerie, she refuses to turn her back on her human life—and especially her boyfriend, David—to

BelongingIdentity FormationSelf-DiscoveryYoung Adult
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Renegade

Debra Driza · 438 pages

Mila is back on the run--this time with potential boyfriend Hunter by her side. As they search for a man who might know more about her mysterious past, Mila must rely on her android abilities to protect them from the people who want her dead. But embracing her identity as a machine leads her to question the state of her humanity, as well as Hunter's true intentions.

Identity FormationRobots & AndroidsScience FictionYoung Adult
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What's Left of Me

Kat Zhang · 343 pages

"Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else-- two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren't they settling? Why isn't one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie

Identity FormationYoung AdultScience FictionFirst Person Narrator
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Ask the Passengers

A.S. King · 314 pages

"Astrid Jones copes with her small town's gossip and narrow-mindedness by staring at the sky and imagining that she's sending love to the passengers in the airplanes flying high over her backyard. Maybe they'll know what to do with it. Maybe it'll make them happy. Maybe they'll need it. Her mother doesn't want it, her father's always stoned, her perfect sister's too busy trying to fit in, and the

Identity FormationBelongingSelf-DiscoveryYoung Adult
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Smile

Raina Telgemeier · 213 pages

Identity FormationBelongingSelf-DiscoveryFirst Person Narrator

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