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Ruchama—
It’s been a minute since you posted, but here’s some realistic fiction recs,
13 – Jason Robert Brown & Dan Eilish
AfterMath – Emily Barth Isler
After Zero – Christina Collins
The Astonishing Maybe – Shaunta Grimes
Because of Mr. Terupt – Rob Buyea
Blackbird Fly – Erin Entrada Kelly
A Blind Guide to Stinkville – Beth Vrabel
Bringing Me Back – Beth Vrabel
Caleb & Kit – Beth Vrabel
Center of Gravity – Shaunta Grimes
Clues to the Universe – Christina Li
Countdown – Deborah Wiles
Crash – Jerry Spinelli
The Decomposition of Jack – Kristin O’Donnell Tubb
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie – Jordan Sonnenblick
Egghead – Caroline Pignat
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora – Pablo Cartaya
The Ethan I Was Before – Ali Standish
Everything I Know About You – Bárbara Dee
Finding Orion – John David Anderson
Flipped – Wendelin Van Draanen
Forget Me Not – Ellie Terry
Ghost – Jason Reynolds
Invisible – Christina Diaz Gonzalez
It Wasn’t Me – Dana Alison Levy
It’s the End of the World as I Know It – Matthew Landis
The Invisible Boy – Alyssa Hollingsworth
Karthik Delivers – Sheela Chari
A Kind of Paradise – Amy Rebecca Tan
The King of Jam Sandwiches – Eric Walters
Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened – Emily Blejwas
Loser – Jerry Spinelli
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish – Pablo Cartaya
Mary Underwater – Shannon Doleski
Mascot – Antony John
Mayday – Karen Harrington
Ms. Bixby’s Last Day – John David Anderson
My Life in the Fish Tank – Barbara Dee
The Not-So Boring Letters of Private Nobody – Matthew Landis
OCDaniel – Wesley King
One Kid’s Trash – Jamie Sumner
One Last Shot – John David Anderson
Operation Frog Effect – Sarah Scheerger
Pack of Dorks – Beth Vrabel
Pay Attention, Carter Jones – Gary D. Schmidt
The Perfect Score – Rob Buyea
Playing Through the Turnaround – Mylisa Larsen
Posted – John David Anderson
The Prince of Steel Pier – Stacy Nockowitz
Rachel Spinelli Punched Me in the Face – Paul Acampora
Real – Carol Cujec
The Reckless Club – Beth Vrabel
The Right Hook of Devin Velma – Jake Burt
The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade – Jordan Sonnenblick
Seven Clues to Home – Gae Polisner & Nora Raleigh Baskin
Shine – Chris Grabenstein
Sidetracked – Diana Harmon Asher
Smiles to Go – Jerry Spinelli
Speechless – Adam P. Schmitt
Squint – Chad Morris & Shelly Brown
Stu Truly – Dan Richards
Things You Can’t Say – Jenn Bishop
Those Kids from Fawn Creek – Erin Entrada Kelly
Tune It Out – Jamie Sumner
Turtle Boy – M. Evan Wolkenstein
We Dream of Space – Erin Entrada Kelly
Wink – Rob Harrell
The World Ends in April – Stacy McAnulty
You Go First – Erin Entrada Kelly