Realistic Fiction Book Summaries

Refugee Summary
Refugee
by Alan Gratz 2017 352 pages
4.38
74k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Girl in Pieces Summary
Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow 2016 416 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mental Health
Contemporary
All My Rage Summary
All My Rage
by Sabaa Tahir 2022 376 pages
4.49
57k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Holes Summary
Holes
by Louis Sachar 1998 272 pages
4.01
1.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Fault in Our Stars Summary
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green 2012 313 pages
4.13
5.4M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Hate U Give Summary
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas 2017 454 pages
4.46
900k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Out of My Mind Summary
Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper 2010 295 pages
4.35
100k+ ratings
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
In the Wild Light Summary
In the Wild Light
by Jeff Zentner 2021 432 pages
4.45
11k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Contemporary
The Poet X Summary
The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo 2018 368 pages
4.38
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Young Adult
Contemporary
Black Brother, Black Brother Summary
Black Brother, Black Brother
by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2020 240 pages
4.18
7k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Sports
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 1999 213 pages
4.23
1.9M+ ratings
Young Adult
Classics
Coming Of Age
Wonder Summary
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio 2012 315 pages
4.36
1.1M+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Contemporary
The Way I Used to Be Summary
The Way I Used to Be
by Amber Smith 2016 385 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Before the Ever After Summary
Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson 2020 176 pages
4.18
15k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Sports
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Summary
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney 2007 226 pages
3.98
700k+ ratings
Humor
Childrens
Middle Grade
Flipped Summary
Flipped
by Wendelin Van Draanen 2001 212 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Summary
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
by Joyce Carol Oates 2002 288 pages
3.33
5k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
School
Clap When You Land Summary
Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo 2020 432 pages
4.23
100k+ ratings
Young Adult
Poetry
Contemporary
Furia Summary
Furia
by Yamile Saied Méndez 2020 368 pages
4.15
14k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Sports
Looking for Alaska Summary
Looking for Alaska
by John Green 2005 221 pages
3.96
1.6M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Ghost Boys Summary
Ghost Boys
by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2018 214 pages
4.34
32k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
The Wednesday Wars Summary
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt 2007 264 pages
4.12
45k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Middle Grade
The River Summary
The River
by Gary Paulsen 1991 132 pages
3.83
30k+ ratings
Young Adult
Adventure
Survival
Peak Summary
Peak
by Roland Smith 2007 246 pages
3.97
21k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Survival
Rodrick Rules Summary
Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney 2008 226 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
Because of Winn-Dixie Summary
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo 2000 182 pages
4.10
200k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Realistic Fiction
Pay It Forward Summary
Pay It Forward
by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1999 311 pages
4.20
27k+ ratings
Contemporary
Inspirational
Young Adult
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Summary
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie 2007 230 pages
4.06
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Everything Sad Is Untrue Summary
Everything Sad Is Untrue
by Daniel Nayeri 2020 368 pages
4.31
38k+ ratings
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Contemporary
Dear Martin Summary
Dear Martin
by Nic Stone 2017 224 pages
4.34
82k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary
How to Make Friends with the Dark
by Kathleen Glasgow 2019 421 pages
4.07
35k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
The Outsiders Summary
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton 1967 208 pages
4.14
1.4M+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
School
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise Summary
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
by Dan Gemeinhart 2019 352 pages
4.45
29k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
All the Bright Places Summary
All the Bright Places
by Jennifer Niven 2015 388 pages
4.12
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Paper Towns Summary
Paper Towns
by John Green 2008 305 pages
3.71
1.4M+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Cabin Fever Summary
Cabin Fever
by Jeff Kinney 2011 224 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
The Red Pencil Summary
The Red Pencil
by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014 336 pages
3.91
7k+ ratings
Poetry
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
Five Feet Apart Summary
Five Feet Apart
by Rachael Lippincott 2018 288 pages
4.18
200k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
Eleanor & Park Summary
Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell 2012 328 pages
3.93
1.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
It's Kind of a Funny Story Summary
It's Kind of a Funny Story
by Ned Vizzini 2006 444 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
My Sister’s Keeper Summary
My Sister’s Keeper
by Jodi Picoult 2004 423 pages
4.10
1.2M+ ratings
Chick Lit
Young Adult
Drama
All-American Muslim Girl Summary
All-American Muslim Girl
by Nadine Jolie Courtney 2019 432 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Romance
Turtles All the Way Down Summary
Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green 2017 290 pages
3.88
600k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Mental Health
The Last Straw Summary
The Last Straw
by Jeff Kinney 2009 218 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
Forbidden Summary
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma 2010 418 pages
3.96
74k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Labors of Hercules Beal Summary
The Labors of Hercules Beal
by Gary D. Schmidt 2023 352 pages
4.51
5k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
Fish in a Tree Summary
Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt 2015 288 pages
4.26
80k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
After the Shot Drops Summary
After the Shot Drops
by Randy Ribay 2018 336 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Sports
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
The Sun Is Also a Star Summary
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon 2016 344 pages
3.96
300k+ ratings
Romance
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Ugly Truth Summary
The Ugly Truth
by Jeff Kinney 2010 217 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Humor
Middle Grade
Childrens
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