REALISTIC FICTION – (Interest Level By Grade)

Abel’s Island – William Steig (4-7)

From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (5-8)

Harriet The Spy – Louise Fitzhugh (5-8)

Holes – Louis Sachar (6-9)

Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Paterson (6-9)

Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George (5-8)

Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli (5-8)

Missing May – Cynthia Rylant (6-8)

Pigman – Paul Zindel (7-9)

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 – Beverly Cleary (3-5)

Ring of Endless Light – Madeleine L’Engle (6-9)

Sarah Plain and Tall – Patricia MacLachlan (4-6)

Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth George Speare (5-8)

Sounder – William Armstrong (5)

Summer of the Swans – Betsy Byars (6)

The Egypt Game – E.L. Konigsburg (6-8)

The Great Gilly Hopkins – Katherine Paterson (5-8)

The Noonday Friends – Mary Stolz (7-9)

The View From Saturday – Konigsburg, E.L. (5-8)

The War With Grandpa – Robert Kimmel Smith (5-9)

Wringer – Jerry Spinelli (5-8)

Patchwork Quilt – Valerie Flournoy (3-4)