Sixteen year-old Grace is an only child who, after delivering baby Peach and putting her up for adoption, finds herself ostracized, hollow and empty. Being…
View More Far From the Tree by Robin BenwayCategory: Realistic Fiction
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevado
Raising her toddler daughter alongside her grandmother and working part-time while finishing up her senior year of high school, seventeen year-old Emoni Santiago still finds…
View More With the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevadoThis One Summer by Jillian Tamaki
An almost painfully realistic story of youth, “This One Summer” is captivating from start to finish. The story follows teenager Rose who is visiting Awago…
View More This One Summer by Jillian TamakiThe Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
High schooler Leigh is a profoundly accomplished artist. Her dad, an Irish-American professor of Asian studies, believes she is wasting her time on what her…
View More The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. PanRealistic Fiction Book Lists for High School and Middle School Book Groups
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
After her beloved sister Bailey’s sudden death, Lennie is lost. Bailey was her guiding light, and without her, she feels alone. She suddenly finds herself…
View More The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonDear Martin by Nic Stone
Justyce McCallister is Yale-bound. His best friend Manny is headed to Morehouse, a private historically black men’s college. Although both teens are benefiting from their…
View More Dear Martin by Nic StoneClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
17-year-old Yahaira is devastated after realizing that the plane her father was on fell to the ground following liftoff rocking her entire NY community. High…
View More Clap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoStarfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Kiko Himura is a half-Japanese teen who struggles with social anxiety and living with her narcissistic, racist mother. When she doesn’t get into her dream…
View More Starfish by Akemi Dawn BowmanTurtles All the Way Down by John Green
Aza Holmes is a sixteen-year-old girl who has struggled with various anxiety disorders, mainly Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, for her whole life. She often contemplates whether…
View More Turtles All the Way Down by John Green