Realistic Fiction
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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Coyote Sunrise hasn’t been home in five years. Instead, she’s been living in a school bus, traveling around the country with her dad, Rodeo. Rodeo won’t talk about Coyote’s mother and sisters, who died in a car accident five years… Continue reading
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A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
I recently read this book and it has taken an honored spot on my *very long* list of favorites! The characters are just lovely and so relatable (one of them is a Harry Potter nerd so………..) AND it’s about food!… Continue reading
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Room to Dream
Hello! For those of you who haven’t read my Front Desk and Three Keys post, Room to Dream is the upcoming third book in the series. It is coming out on September 21, 2021, and I am excited! Mia… Continue reading
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Front Desk & Three Keys by Kelly Yang
Welcome back! This will be my first post in a while, but I just found a blog called Reading Middle Grade that’s all about middle grade books and even has author interviews and it inspired me to write again! Here… Continue reading
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Dress Coded
Molly Frost and her friends go to Fisher Middle School, where the dress code is tight. In fact, there’s even a dean (who the kids nickname “Fingertip) whose job it is to patrol the hallways and call out… Continue reading
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Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
Eek, I haven’t posted since May! Blogger just updated so hopefully I can format my website better too! Anyway, his time I’m going to “review” a new realistic fiction book by Jessica Kim. Yumi, an eleven-year-old Korean American girl, wants… Continue reading
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P.
Written by Alex Gino, author of George and Rick, this middle grade novel has a lot of powerful messages in it about disabilities and Black Lives Matter. Here’s a teaser of the book from Google Books. Jilly thinks she’s figured… Continue reading
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Goodbye Stranger
Author: Rebecca Stead Genre: Realistic fiction Published: 2015 Rebecca Stead is one of my favorite authors; she’s also written the Newbery-medal-winning When You Reach Me, Liar and Spy, First Light, Bob (with Wendy Mass), and, most recently, The List… Continue reading
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Upcoming: Dress Coded
Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone This book about girl power tells the story of Molly Frost, who starts a podcast about the unfair dress code at her middle school. Here’s a teaser from Google Books. Molly Frost is FED UP…… Continue reading
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