Middle Reader 8-12 > Realistic Fiction
A genre of stories that are made up but could very well happen in real life. These stories often take place in settings familiar to your child — like schools — which makes them more relatable.
Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
In this compelling companion to the bestseller Amal Unbound, Omar finds a way to change the corrupt system in his new school. Omar, the son of a servant, is thrilled when he gets a scholarship to an elite school. But he's not so thrilled when he finds out that the school weeds out kids like him by requi ...Show more
I'll Keep You Close by Jeska Verstegen
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
A beautifully written novel based on a true story about a young girl who comes to understand why her mother is so fearful and overprotective when her class starts studying the Holocaust. Jeska doesn't know why her mother keeps the curtains drawn so tightly every day. And what exactly is she trying to d ...Show more
My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas
$14.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
Luke and his big brother Ben spend the summer on the banks of Cabbage Tree Creek. Quiet Luke sketches birds, while Ben leaps off the Jumping Tree. The boys couldn't be more different but they share the same dream- winning a boat so they can explore the creek properly. Then Ben starts high school and the ...Show more
Journey Home (#2 Pax) by Sara Pennypacker
$19.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes the long-awaited sequel to Pax; this is a gorgeously crafted, utterly compelling novel about chosen families and the healing power of love. It's been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now ...Show more
Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus by Steven Herrick
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
The sun is shining and today feels like an adventure, only one I can go on whenever I want because I have a bicycle and friends and a city just waiting to be explored.With their new teacher's help, the kids in Class 5D ride to school together in a bicycle bus. Olivia can fix a puncture in two minutes an ...Show more
Aster's Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon
$14.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
Aster attends a school for gifted kids, but she doesnt think shes special at all. If she was, her mother wouldnt have left. And if she isnt careful, everyone else will leave her too. Each day Aster must do a good, right thinga challenge she sets herself, to make someone elses life better. Nobody can kno ...Show more
Elsewhere Girls by Emily Gale, Nova Weetman
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
It's midnight and I'm alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say something like, 'That's not what I expect from a scholarship girl!' because I have to be up for squad training in five hours and I'm not supposed to go near potato scallops, and--oh, yeah--it's my fifth. Cat ...Show more
A Glasshouse of Stars: Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Younger Readers 2022 by Shirley Marr
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
An exquisite, heartbreakingly beautiful gem of a novel for anyone who loved Wonder, Lenny's Book of Everything, A Monster Calls or When You Reach Me.'Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic. This is a special book from a powerful, compassionate new voice in children's lit ...Show more
Paws by Kate Foster
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
At home, Alex's best friend is Kevin the cockapoo, although what he wants most of all is a friend at school. But that is harder than he ever expected. A touching story about learning that friendship isn't one size fits all and is often found where you least expect it. Everything is changing for 11-year- ...Show more
Huda and Me by H. Hayek
$15.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because she has a little smile on her face and she keeps glancing at her pink digital watch. I can't believe we're doing this. I can't believe we're running away from home. Well, we're not really running away. We'l ...Show more
The Perfect Parent Project by Stewart Foster
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
'Two adults (or one) prepared to look after and love an 11-year-old-boy. And he promises to do the same for them'. All Sam wants is a family of his own, a home instead of a 'house' and parents he knows will still be there when he wakes up. Because Sam has been in and out of foster care his whole life an ...Show more
The Quicksand Pony by Alison Lester
$17.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
'Biddy, I'm sorry, we're going to have to leave her.' 'What?' Biddy struggled out of the quicksand. 'You can't leave her! The tide's coming in. She'll drown!' But the pony is trapped and Biddy is forced to go on without her. Next day the only signs of Bella are hoofprints in the sand with small footprin ...Show more