What books have the theme of be your own person?

Question

for summer homework, i need to write about a few books that i've read that have the theme of "be your own person".

if you've read any books at a high school level or below with that theme, please tell me them, hopefully i'll have read at least one of them

Answer 1

Catcher in the Rye

Answer 2

Wicked, Legally Blonde, The Catcher in the Rye are some i suppose.  

Answer 3

It's Always Something. bio of the late Gilda Ratner of Saturday Night Live fame(1975).

It was her catch phrase on how life always seems to throw you a curve ball one way or the other.