Realistic Fiction for Teens
Stories about school, sports, growing up, and life. MS = books for middle school readers. (Updated Dec. 2020)
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Turtle Under Ice
Row and Ariana, sisters who have already experienced the loss of their mother, must now also experience grief in losing a sister. - MS
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You're Welcome, Universe
After Julia is kicked out of Kingston School for the Deaf for her graffiti (ending up on a school wall) she is mainstreamed into a high school in the suburbs.
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Not So Pure and Simple
Del unknowlingly signs himself up for his church's Purity Pledge group to get closer to newly single, and long time crush, Kiera.
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Every Body Looking
Ada’s first year at college finds her trying to balance her mother’s emotional demands, her father’s career expectations, and her growing desire to chart her own path to healing from sexual abuse through dance.
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Mariam Sharma Hits the Road
After a tough year Mariam, Ghazala, and Umar take a summer road trip to New Orleans.
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Darius the Great Deserves Better
Things begin to change for Darius when he returns from Iran – he has an internship, starts varsity soccer, and begins dating his first boyfriend.
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We Are Okay
Marin wishing to leave her past behind, remains in her dormitory for her first winter break at college. However, when her friend Mabel comes to visit, she must confront the events of the past summer.
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What I Carry
Muir has been in foster care since birth, and finds herself moved for one last time before aging out.
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Sparrow
When Sparrow is found on the school roof everyone assumes she was about to take her own life, Sparrow denies this but can’t find the words to relay what she was really doing up there. MS
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A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
After Lila faces what she calls the trifecta (her abuela passes away, her boyfriend of three years breaks things off, and her childhood best friend leaves her for a nursing program), her parents and sister send her to England to stay with a family friend to get away.
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