Realistic Fiction for Grades 3-5
The titles listed below are shelved in J Fiction alphabetically by the author's last name. Click here for a print-friendly version of this list.
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| Arnold | A Boy Called Bat When his mom brings home a stray baby skunk, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently. (198 pp.) | J Arnold |
| Baskin | Anything But Typical Jason, a boy with autism, wants to become a writer. He relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world. (195 pp.) | J Baskin |
| Birdsall | The Penderwicks On vacation with their father, four sisters share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. (262 pp.) | J Birdsall |
| Blake | Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World In the aftermath of the tornado that destroyed her home, Ivy begins to develop feelings for another girl at school (310 pp.) | J Blake |
| Blume | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Peter finds his demanding toddler brother to be an increasing problem. (120 pp.) | J Blume |
| Booth | Kinda Like Brothers When his mother takes in a twelve-year-old foster boy, Jarrett is forced to share his room and his friends with the new boy. (248 pp.) | J Booth |
| Cabot | Moving Day Allie has rules for everything, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town. (228 pp.) | J Cabot |
| Cleary | Dear Mr. Henshaw In letters to his favorite author, Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce and finding his place in the world. (133 pp.) | J Cleary |
| Clements | No Talking The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest. (146 pp.) | J Clements |
| Creech | Love That Dog In this novel-in-verse, Jack, initially skeptical of poetry, comes to love it and even writes his own inspired poem. (86 pp.) | J Creech |
| Day | I Can Make This Promise Edie makes a discovery that changes everything she believed about her Native American mother's adoption, her family's history, and her own identity. (264 pp.) | J Day |
| Dowell | Sam the Man and the Chicken Plan When Sam volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken. (116 pp.) | J Dowell |
| Fleischman | Seedfolks A number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled city lot into a productive and beautiful garden. (69 pp.) | J Fleischman |
| Florence | Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family celebrates New Year's. (115 pp.) | J Florence |
| Gino | George Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before revealing her true self. (195 pp.) | J Gino |
| Gratz | Ban This Book Amy Anne fights back when her favorite book is taken off the shelves of her school library. (255 pp.) | J Gratz |
| Hyman | Mango Delight When Mango accidentally breaks her BFF's new cell phone, her life falls apart. Soon Mango must make some tough choices about friendship. (219 pp.) | J Hyman |
| Khan | Amina's Voice A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's culture while blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community. (197 pp.) | J Khan |
| Konigsburg | The View from Saturday Four students attract the attention of their teacher, who chooses them for the Academic Bowl competition. (163 pp.) | J Konigsburg |
| LaFleur | Love, Aubrey While living with her Gram, Aubrey writes to deal with the deaths of her father and sister, and being abandoned by her mother. (262 pp.) | J LaFleur |
| Look | Alvin Ho : Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things Alvin loves superheroes and descends from brave Chinese farmer-warriors. He wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything. (172 pp.) | J Look |
| Lowry | Anastasia Krupnik Anastasia falls in love, gets to know her grandmother, and finds out about an impending baby brother. (113 pp.) | J Lowry |
| Magoon | The Season of Styx Malone Caleb and his big brother spend an extraordinary summer with their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city. (297 pp.) | J Magoon |
| Peck | The Best Man When Archer's uncle and teacher get married, Archer's sixth-grade year becomes one he'll never forget. (232 pp.) | J Peck |
| Reynolds | As Brave As You When Genie and his brother spend the summer in the country with their grandparents, Genie learns a family secret and what it means to be brave. (410 pp.) | J Reynolds |
| Stead | The List of Things that Will Not Change After her parents' divorce, Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love for her and excited by the changes her father's remarriage will bring. (218 pp.) | J Stead |
| Torres | Stef Soto, Taco Queen Mexican-American Stef hopes to break free from her overprotective parents and embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business. (166 pp.) | J Torres |
| Weeks | Save Me a Seat Ravi, who has just moved to the United States from India, and Joe, who has always lived in the same town, form an unlikely friendship. (216 pp.) | J Weeks |
Last Updated: 10/20
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