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Teen Reads: Contemporary Fiction

Check out these titles of realistic fiction geared towards grades 6-12.

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Rules Of Survival

Youngest Sister

Thirteen Reasons Why

Realistic Fiction

National Book Award

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.

When Tony goes to his mother's place of work, an exotic dance club, to draw the dancers as they perform, a legal controversy arises by people from the social services that puts his mother's decision to let him watch into an issue of pornography versus art. Glass Cafe, Exotic Dance, Middle Grade Books, Contemporary Fiction, Middle Grades, Law And Order, Single Mothers, Teaching Tools, The Glass

Middle Grade Books

Contemporary Fiction

When Tony goes to his mother's place of work, an exotic dance club, to draw the dancers as they perform, a legal controversy arises by people from the social services that puts his mother's decision to let him watch into an issue of pornography versus art.

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Middle School Books

Middle Schoolers

James Patterson

When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.

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A Monster Calls

British Library

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

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Resources For Teachers

Fiction And Nonfiction

Writing Workshop

Fiction Writing

When You Realize

Books For Teens

Sixteen-year-old Lissa's relationship with her best friend changes after they kiss at a party and Lissa does not know what to do, until she gets help from an unexpected new friend.

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Identical Twins

WB

A ten-year-old English boy decides to run away after the sadness at home becomes unbearable following the death of his twin brother.

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When his father is arrested for sinking a boat he is certain is illegally dumping raw sewage into the harbor, young Noah visits his father in jail who teaches him an important lessons about justice--inspiring Noah to finish the job he started using a clever, but legal, plan!

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Kevin Henkes Books

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.

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The New York Times

Bestselling Author

All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball, but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.

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An Abundance Of Katherines

John Green Books

Books Young Adult

After he is dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to find a new direction in life, while trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.

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Mother Daughter Book Club

Dealing With Divorce

Secret Language

Marylin and Kate have been friends since nursery school, but when Marylin becomes a middle school cheerleader and Kate begins to develop other interests, their relationship is put to the test.

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The Truth About Forever

Sarah Dessen Books

Sweet Love Quotes

The Perfect Guy

Favorite Authors

Although Macy has her whole summer planned out, situations arise that she does not expect, especially her encounter with Wes, a tattooed artist, who makes her feel surprisingly at ease and with whom she feels she can let down her guard.

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Hope For The Future

Book Characters

WB

New Jersey sisters Rosie, aged fifteen, and Skate, aged sixteen, cope differently with their father’s alcoholism and incarceration, but manage to stay close to one another as they strive to lead normal lives and find hope for the future.

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Family And Consumer Science

Celebrity Chefs

Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.

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