Realistic fiction is about real life — school, friendship, family, the hard stuff. These are my picks for kids who want stories that feel true to what they actually go through.
Featured Books
Maniac Magee
5 - 8
Front Desk
3 - 7
Bridge to Terabithia
3 - 8
Rules
4 - 7
When Sophie Gets Angry Really Really Angry Bookshelf Edition
Pre-K - 3
Freak the Mighty
4 - 7
Wonder
3 - 7
Same But Different Teen Life on the Autism Express
7 and up
Slam
7 - 12
The First Part Last
7 - 10
Nothing But The Truth
4 - 7
Cut
7 - 12
Where the Red Fern Grows
5 - 8
Baby Sitters Little Sister 18 Karen s Home Run
2 - 5
How to Speak Dolphin
3 - 7
That s Not What Happened
7 and up
The Outsiders
9 - 12
Openly Straight
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