Realistic Fiction
Realistic fiction means experiencing the gritty part of life through the characters in the book. This type of book tends to make us take a good look at the difficulties in life, and search our hearts.
After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer
The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac Mccarthy
America by E. R. Frank
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Breakout by Paul Fleischman
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Celine by Brock Cole
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Damage by a. M. Jenkins
Dancing On the Edge by Han Nolan
The Dear One by Jacqueline Woodson
Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Home Before Dark by Sue Ellen Bridgers
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
Invisible by Pete Hautman
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
Jack by a. M. Homes
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
The Language of Goldfish by Zibby O’neal
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter by Iain Lawrence
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
The Moonlight Man by Paula Fox
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones by Ann Head
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
My Sister’s Keeper by Judi Picoult
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
Say Goodnight, Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver
Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
Takeoffs and Landings by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
A Time for Dancing by Davida Wills Hurwin
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks
Way Past Cool by Jess Mowry
When She Hollers by Cynthia Voigt
When She Was Good by Norma Fox Mazer
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
