Realistic Fiction

Stories take place in the present or recent past.
The characters are involved in events that could easily happen.
Characters seem like real people and solve issues in realistic ways. 

After Zero

By Christina Collins

WPL Hoopla 

Family, Friendship, Mutism 



Amal Unbound

By Aisha Saeed
WPS Sora
WPL Overdrive

Family, Multicultural


A Dog Like Daisy

By Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

WPL Hoopla 

Animal, Family, Veterans

The Elephant in the Room

By Holly Goldberg Sloan

WPS Sora
WPL Overdrive 

Immigrant & Emigration, Animal, Friendship

Finally Seen

By Kelly Yang

WPL 

Immigration, Racial Conflict,  Bullying



Genesis Begins Again

By Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
WPS Sora

 Family Issues,  Racial Conflict

Good Enough

By Jen Petro-Roy

WPS Sora
WPL Hoopla

 Family, Eating Disorder

A Good Kind of Trouble

By Lisa Moore Ramee
WPS Sora
WPL Hoopla, RBDigital

Family, Social Justice, Racial Conflict

The Line Tender

By  Kate Allen

WPS Sora 

WPL 

Death, Family, Friendship, Young Adult


The List of Things that will not Change

By Rebecca Stead

WPL Overdrive 

Divorce, Family, LGBTQA+

Maybe He Just Likes You

By Barbara Dee

Bullying , Multicultural,  Social Issues


Meant to Be

Jo Knowles

Young Adult?

WPL

Family & Friendship

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

By Stacy McAnulty

WPL Overdrive 

Family, OCD, Friendship

Nowhere Boy

By Katherine Marsh

WPS Sora 

WPL Overdrive 

Immigrant & Emmigration, Friendship, Family


Not An Easy Win

Chrystal D. Giles

WPL 

Friendship, Family & Forgiveness



One Amazing Elephant

By Linda Oatman High

WPL Overdrive 

Animal, Death, Family

The Only Game

By Mike Lupica
WPL Hoopla

Sports, Bullying, Overcoming Adversity


Santiago's Road Home

By  Alexandra Diaz

WPS Sora
WPL Hoopla

Immigration, Social Issues, Survival, Adventure, Orphans


Sara and the Search for Normal

By Wesley King

WPL 

Friendship, Mental Health

The Shape of Thunder

 By Jasmine Warga

WPS Sora

Grief, Friendship, Internal Struggle, Bullying

Star-Crossed

By Barbara Dee

WPL 

LGBTQIA+, Internal Struggles, Friendship


Starfish

By Lisa Fipps

WPL Overdrive

Bullying, Friendship, Novel in Verse



Suggested Reading

By Dave Connis

WPS Sora 

WPL Hoopla 

Young Adult, Friendship

Sweet and Sour

By Debbi MIchiko Florence

WPL Hoopla 

Friendship, Takes place in Mystic CT

Up for Air

By Laurie Morrison

WPL Hoopla 

Friendship


The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

Karina Yan Glasser

WPL Overdrive Hoopla 

Family 


We Dream of Space

By  Erin Entrada Kelly

WPL Hoopla 

Family & Anxiety



Yusef Azeem is Not a Hero

By Saadia Faruqi

WPL Hoopla 

Discrimination and Prejudice, Bullying