Category Archives: realistic fiction
Circa Now – Amber McRee Turner
Circa’s parents own a photography studio. Her mother photographs family portraits and her father is amazing in restoration photography. He taught his daughter, Circa, intricate techniques to add detail into photos. Circa’s father is delivering a photograph in the middle … Continue reading
Say What You Will – Cammie McGovern
Amy and Matthew are high school students with unique sets of personal challenges. Amy has Cerebral Palsy and needs a walker to move around and a computer-like machine to voice her thoughts. Matthew struggles with OCD and anxiety. When Amy … Continue reading
We Were Liars – E. Lockhart
Cadence is the eldest grandchild of a wealthy grandfather. Every summer, her cousins, aunts, and grandparents vacation on the small island they own near Martha’s Vineyard. Cady recounts the summers spent with her oldest cousins, nicknamed The Liars. She tells … Continue reading
Chestnut Street – Maeve Binchy
Chestnut Street is an imaginary street in Dublin, peopled with all sorts of interesting individuals. Occasionally, Maeve Binchy would write a story about one of these people, then put it away “for later.” Now these stories have been gathered to … Continue reading
Past the Shallows – Favel Parrett
Harry accepts the world as it is. He’s too young to remember much of what it was like before Mum died. Miles remembers and Miles tries to look after Harry. Joe is the oldest. Joe is old enough to leave, … Continue reading
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin
The brief summary could be: The life and loves of a bookseller on a small Massachusetts island. The expanded summary includes the tragic death of his beloved wife that plunges him into lethargy and depression followed by the adoption of … Continue reading
Noggin – John Corey Whaley
The body of 16-year-old Travis Coates lost a grueling battle with cancer, but Travis’s head, his brain, is still going strong after a groundbreaking cryogenic experiment. Travis opens his eyes after what seems like a quick nap, but everything is … Continue reading
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender – Lesley Walton
Ava Lavender is born with wings. Ava tells her story by recounting the series of tragedies that befell her relatives beginning with her French great-grandparents’ immigration to the tenements of New York. Tragic events fueled by broken hearts are written … Continue reading
Side Effects May Vary – Julie Murphy
Alice was prepared to die. Months of treatments for leukemia drained the strength from her, forcing her to quit high school and ballet. Believing she is in her final months, Alice is determined get revenge against the people she feels … Continue reading
Counting by 7s – Holly Goldberg Sloan
Willow was adopted when she was quite young, by two loving parents, who embraced her quirkiness and genius. When she was 12, both parents were killed in a fiery car accident. With no family or close friends to take her … Continue reading
When I Was the Greatest – Jason Reynolds
Set in a Brooklyn neighborhood, Ali strives to do the right thing, respecting his hard working single mother and caring for his sassy sister. Ali becomes friends with brothers Noodles and Needles from the dilapidated house next door who are … Continue reading
Hostage Three – Nick Lake
‘Hostage Three’ is Amy’s designation by the Somali pirates who are holding her for ransom. Amy’s wealthy banker father felt that a yacht trip around the world is what would help bring the family together. Amy is dealing with the suicide … Continue reading
Backwards – Todd Mitchell
The story opens with a teen committing suicide. At the time of death, a mysterious person/soul/entity enters the boy’s body and time goes in reverse. Each morning is another day before the death. Can this soul inside the body change … Continue reading
Everything Breaks – Vicki Grove
Tucker was to be the designated driver for his close-knit group of friends, on their way to the last high school bonfire of the season. Instead, he drank beer with them on the way then left the car to be … Continue reading
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