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Realistic Fiction
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1st & 2nd Grade.....3rd & 4th Grade......Back to Booklists

Fifth and Sixth Grade

Alder, C. S. Daddy's Climbing Tree (death of a father)
Alcantara, Pedro Befiddled (stage fright)
Ames, Mildred Without Hats, Who Can Tell the Good Guys? (foster children)
Avi S.O.R. Losers (human spirit)
Banks, Jacqueline A Day for Vincent Chin and Me (racism)
Banks, Lynne Alice-By-Accident (single parent)
Bauer, Joan

Hope Was Here (political)
Stand Tall (family)

Bauer, Marion

On My Honor (death and dying)
An Early Winter (Alzheimer's)

Birdsall, Jeanne The Penderwicks: a Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy
Blume, Judy

Blubber (peer pressure)
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret (growing up)

Brisson, Pat Sky Memories (death of mother/cance)
Bryant, Jennifer Pieces of Georgia
Buyea, Rob Because of Mr. Terupt
Cassidy, Cathy Indigo Blue (domestic violence)
Choldenko, Gennifer Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
Cleary, Beverly Ramona the Brave (family life)
Clements, Andrew The Janitor's Boy (family life)
Cohen, Miriam Laura Leonora's First Amendment (AIDS)
Conly, Jane Crazy Lady! (dependency)
Conway, Celeste The Goodbye Time
Creech, Sharon Heartbeat
Crowe, Carole Groover's Heart (alcoholism)
Crum, Shutta Spitting Image (poverty)
Cummings, Priscilla A Face First (burn victim)
Dahl, Roald The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
Danzinger, Paula Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars
Deans, Sis Racing the Past (running/abuse)
Dorris, Michael The Window (racially mixed)
Eige, Lillian Dangling (loss)
Farrell, Mame Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd (friendship, muscular dystrophy)
Fehler, Gene Never Blame the Umpire
Fenner, Carol Yolonda's Genuis
Frazier, Sundee The Other Half of My Heart
Hannigan, Katherine Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster and( Possibly) Save the World
Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza Loses Control
Greene, Constance A Girl Called Al (friendship)
Hah, Mary D. December Stillness (homelessness)
Hamilton, Virginia

Plain City (racially mixed)
Bluish (leukemia patient)

Henkes, Kevin

Words of Stone (friendship)
The Birthday Room (self acceptance)

Horvath, Polly Everything on a Waffle
Johnson, Emily Write Me If You Dare (grief)
Johnson, Lindsay Lee Soul Moon Soup (homeless, single parent)
Kehret, Peg My Brother Made Me Do It (rheumatoid arthritis)
Koss, Amy Stranger in Dadland (divorce)
Levitin, Sonia Silver Days (Jewish Religion)
Little, Jean Willow and Twig (abandonment)
Lowry, Lois

Attaboy Sam (family life/sharing)
Gossamer (foster care)

Maclachlan, Patricia

Journey (grandparents)

Martin, Ann Corner of the Universe (mental disabilities)
Mazer, Henry The Dollar Man (Self Identity)
Mazer, Nora Fox Girlhearts (death of mother)
Meyers, Walter D. Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights (homelessness)
Mills, Claudia Lizzie at Last (popularity)
Morganstern, Susie Secret Letters from 0 to 10
Na, An A Step from Heaven (abuse)
Namioka, Lensey Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear (moving/family life)
O'Connor, Barbara Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia
Park, Barbara Graduation of Jake Moon (Alzheimer's)
Paterson, Katherine

Bridge to Terabithia (death of a friend)
The Great Gilly Hopkins (foster care)

Paulsen, Gary Winter Room (farm life)
Perkins, Lynne Rae Criss Cross
Pevsner, Stella

Keep Stompin' Till the Music Stops (learning disabilities)

Roberts, Willo D. Hostage (Child Hostage)
Rodowsky, Colby Clay (Abducted Children)
Roos, Stephen The Gypsies Never Came (self acceptance)
Rylant, Cynthia A Blue-Eyed Daisy (Coal Mining Town)
Sachar, Louis Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
Slote, Alfred

Hang Tough Paul Mather (Leukemia Patient)

Smith, Roland Zach's Lie (witness protection)
Snyder, Zilpha K. Spyhole Secrets (grief/moving)
Soto, Gary Pacific Crossing (cultural relationships)
Spinelli, Jerry

Crash (friendship)
Maniac Magee

Springer, Nancy Colt (physical handicaps)
Stauffacher, Sue

Donuthead
Harry Sue

Tolan, Stephanie Surviving the Applewhites (delinquency)
Ure, Jean Skinny Melon and Me (step parent)
Voigt, Cynthia

Dicey's Song (new beginning)
A Solitary Blue (divorce)

Wallace, Barbara B. Sparrows in the Scullery (friendship)
Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth Blue Eyes Better (death of a sibling)
Wiles, Deborah

Love, Ruby Lavender
Each Little Bird That Sings

Wilson, Jacqueline

The Lottie Project (mothers/daughters)
Story of Tracy Beaker (children's home)

Wolfson, Jill What I Call Life (foster care/disabled parent)
Wood, June Rae About Face (friendship)
Woodson, J.

Last Summer with Maizon (Loss)
Peace, Locomotion

Wright, Betty The Wish Master (self esteem)
Yee, Lisa Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time
Zinnen, Linda Truth about Rats, Rules and Seventh Grade

Last Updated on July 13, 2011