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Contemporary realistic fiction

Backup Goalie by Jake Maddox; Sean Tiffany (Illustrator); Bob Temple (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781434204677
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Blackout by John Rocco (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781423121909
Publication Date: 2011-05-24
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron; Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416901945
Publication Date: 2006-11-07
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
ISBN: 9780385738828
Publication Date: 2010-10-12
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
ISBN: 9780374379933
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
A Time of Miracles by Y. Maudet (Translator); Anne-Laure Bondoux
ISBN: 9780385739221
Publication Date: 2010-11-09
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han; Julia Kuo (Artist)
ISBN: 9780316070386
Publication Date: 2011-01-04
Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson; Earl Lewis (Illustrator); E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0399237488
Publication Date: 2004-10-07
Big Nate - In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780061944345
Publication Date: 2010-03-23
A Name on the Quilt by Jeannine Atkins; Tad Hills (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689815921
Publication Date: 1999-02-01
The Wall by Eve Bunting; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395515882
Publication Date: 1990-04-23
A young boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The PS Brothers by Maribeth Boelts
ISBN: 9780547342498
Publication Date: 2010-10-04
Good Luck, Mrs. K.! by Louise Borden; Adam Gustavson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689851197
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
Holes by Louis Sachar
ISBN: 9780439244190
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
ISBN: 9780525478812
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
ISBN: 0060535458
Publication Date: 2005-04-26
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
ISBN: 0060760885
Publication Date: 2010-01-26
In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them.
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
ISBN: 9780060560133
Publication Date: 2003-12-23
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
ISBN: 9780064408196
Publication Date: 2001-08-21
Gloria Whelan's National Book Award-winning novel, chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
ISBN: 9780763644321
Publication Date: 2009-02-10
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
ISBN: 9780312661014
Publication Date: 2011-07-05
The sequel to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist.
Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary; Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator); Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780380709168
Publication Date: 2013-03-19
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
ISBN: 0385729332
Publication Date: 2001-09-11
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
ISBN: 068802405X
Publication Date: 1983-08-22
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
ISBN: 0064402010
Publication Date: 2004-04-13
Summer of Lost and Found by Rebecca Behrens
ISBN: 9781481458962
Publication Date: 2016-05-24
Downtown Boy by Juan Felipe Herrera
ISBN: 0439644895
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0679804013
Publication Date: 1997-09-23
Park's Quest by Katherine Paterson
ISBN: 0140342621
Publication Date: 1989-09-01
Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth
ISBN: 9780061857607
Publication Date: 2010-01-19
Soar by Tracy Edward Wymer
ISBN: 9781481447119
Publication Date: 2016-07-05
The Thing about Leftovers by C. C. Payne
ISBN: 9780399172045
Publication Date: 2016-07-19
A Year down Yonder by Richard Peck; Steve Cieslawski (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803725183
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
ISBN: 0064408191
Publication Date: 2001-08-21
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
ISBN: 0374336644
Publication Date: 1998-10-14
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
ISBN: 9780060092740
Publication Date: 2007-12-26
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
ISBN: 068980993X
Publication Date: 1996-09-01

Contemporary realistic fiction

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
ISBN: 9781416971702
Publication Date: 2010-03-09
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
ISBN: 9780399252648
Publication Date: 2010-04-15
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
ISBN: 9780547251271
Publication Date: 2010-11-15
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie; Ellen Forney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013697
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
Nothing by Janne Teller; Martin Aitken (Translator)
ISBN: 9781416985792
Publication Date: 2010-02-09
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 9780399239892
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
ISBN: 9780810993136
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman; Enrique O. Sanchez
ISBN: 9781880000045
Publication Date: 1993-09-01
A girl from a migrant worker family overcomes the hardship of moving by creating a special place for herself.
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It by Sundee T. Frazier
ISBN: 9780385734394
Publication Date: 2007-10-09
A Day's Work by Eve Bunting; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395673216
Publication Date: 1994-09-19
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780395664155
Publication Date: 1993-03-22
A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope when a trapped bird finally finds its freedom.
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780152699543
Publication Date: 1994-03-31
Rules by Cynthia Lord
ISBN: 0439443822
Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
ISBN: 0763616052
Publication Date: 2001-08-06
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
ISBN: 0375869026
Publication Date: 2012-02-14
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
ISBN: 0385323069
Publication Date: 1999-09-07
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father.
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
ISBN: 1250012570
Publication Date: 2013-02-26
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; Donna Diamond (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060734015
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss.
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
ISBN: 9780689856402
Publication Date: 2006-12-26
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ISBN: 9780689835827
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 9780312674397
Publication Date: 2011-05-10
I Am Drums by Mike Grosso
ISBN: 9780544707108
Publication Date: 2016-09-06
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
ISBN: 9780385740586
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
A Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff
ISBN: 9780399164064
Publication Date: 2015-05-26
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
ISBN: 9780544107717
Publication Date: 2014-03-18
2015 Newbery Medal Winner

2015 Coretta Scott King Honor Award Winner
You Can't See the Elephants by Susan Kreller; Elizabeth Gaffney (Translator)
ISBN: 0399172092
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
Zac and Mia by A. J. Betts
ISBN: 9780544331648
Publication Date: 2014-09-02
Getting near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis
ISBN: 039923389X
Publication Date: 1999-09-13
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
ISBN: 9780374399894
Publication Date: 2000-09-22
What Would Joey Pigza Do? by Jack Gantos
ISBN: 9780312661021
Publication Date: 2011-09-13

Realistic Fiction K-3

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst; Ray Cruz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416985952
Publication Date: 2009-09-22
No, David! by David Shannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590930028
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596434028
Publication Date: 2010-05-25
Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying by Barbara Park; Denise Brunkus (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0679851011
Publication Date: 1994-05-24
All Families Are Special by Norma Simon; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780807521755
Publication Date: 2003-01-01