Realistic Fiction Books for 7th Graders
169 books in the realistic fiction genre commonly assigned to 7th grade students — every title’s grade range covers 7th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
Most assigned 7th grade realistic fiction book
Ghost
Jason Reynolds · on 13 reading lists
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Reading difficulty: the typical 7th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 7 realistic fiction titles here with a Lexile score, 0 are grade-level, 7 are more accessible, and 0 are stretch texts. Match a book to your reader’s measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
169 7th grade realistic fiction books
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GhostJason Reynolds · 730L
Mick Harte Was HereBarbara Park
Front DeskKelly Yang · 640L
RulesCynthia Lord
So B. ItSarah Weeks
Ghost BoysJewell Parker Rhodes · 360L
Drums, Girls & Dangerous PieJordan Sonnenblick
HootCarl Hiaasen · 760L
No TalkingAndrew Clements
Orbiting JupiterGary D. Schmidt
Touching Spirit BearBen Mikaelsen
The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsAnn Brashares
Walk Two MoonsSharon Creech · 770L
Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous JobWillo Davis Roberts
Prisoner B-3087Alan Gratz
SchooledGordon Korman
TogoRobert J. Blake
UngiftedGordon Korman
WeslandiaPaul Fleischman
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill YouBarthe DeClements
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote SunriseDan Gemeinhart
Black Brother, Black BrotherJewell Parker Rhodes
StargirlJerry Spinelli
Surviving the ApplewhitesStephanie S. Tolan
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- The Compound · S. A. Bodeen
- Zach's Lie · Roland Smith
- The Boys Start the War · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Blubber · Judy Blume
- Counting by 7s · Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Danger Zone · David Klass
- Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey · Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Dragon Rider · Cornelia Funke
- Harris and Me · Gary Paulsen
- Heart of a Champion · Carl Deuker
- How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
- Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key · Jack Gantos
- Math Curse · Jon Scieszka
- Mr. Lincoln's Way · Patricia Polacco
- Saving Winslow · Sharon Creech
- Say What? · Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Stung · Bethany Wiggins
- The Honest Truth · Dan Gemeinhart
- When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
- Forged by Fire · Sharon M. Draper
- A Boy Named Queen · Sara Cassidy
- A Family Apart · Joan Lowery Nixon
- Airball: My Life in Briefs · L.D. Harkrader
- All the Impossible Things · Lindsay Lackey
- Amal Unbound · Aisha Saeed
- And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Janet Stevens
- Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity · Dave Roman
- Attack of the Black Rectangles · A. S. King
- Ava and Pip · Carol Weston
- Backlash · Sarah Darer Littman
- Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
- Best Friends · Shannon Hale
- Blackwater · Eve Bunting
- Bob and Jack: A Boy and His Yak · Jeffrey Moss
- Boxes for Katje · Candace Fleming
- Breakout · Kate Messner
- Breathe: A Ghost Story · Cliff McNish
- Brighty of the Grand Canyon · Marguerite Henry
- Bristle Face · Zachary Ball
- Cardboard · Doug TenNapel
- Chomp · Carl Hiaasen
- Christopher Changes His Name · Itah Sadu
- City of Thieves · Alex London
- Daphne's Book · Mary Downing Hahn
- December Stillness · Mary Downing Hahn
- Dogtag Summer · Elizabeth Partridge
- Don't Hurt Laurie · Willo Davis Roberts
- Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
- Dovey Coe · Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Drive-By · Lynne Ewing
- Each Kindness · Jacqueline Woodson
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams · Graham Annable
- Flaming Arrows · William O. Steele
- Ghost in My Soup · Judi Miller
- Greetings from Witness Protection! · Jake Burt
- Harry Cat's Pet Puppy · George Selden
- Hattie Big Sky · Kirby Larson
- Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller · Doreen Rappaport
- Here Comes the Garbage Barge · Jonah Winter
- High Heat · Carl Deuker
- Hostage · Willo Davis Roberts
- House Arrest · K. A. Holt
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You · Ally Carter
- Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World · Katherine Hannigan
- Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
- Lawn Boy · Gary Paulsen
- Lily and Dunkin · Donna Gephart
- Little Vic · Doris Gates
- Loch · Paul Zindel
- Lost & Found: Based on a True Story · Mei Yu
- Lulu's Mysterious Mission · Judith Viorst
- Mississippi Trial, 1955 · Chris Crowe
- Mr. Maxwell's Mouse · Frank Asch
- My Explosive Diary · Emily Gale
- New Dragon City · Mari Mancusi
- Night Hoops · Carl Deuker
- On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave · Candace Fleming
- Operation: Dump the Chump · Barbara Park
- Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch · Mona Kerby
- Perfect · Natasha Friend
- Planet Earth Is Blue · Nicole Panteleakos
- Point Blank · Anthony Horowitz
- Posted · John David Anderson
- Project Mulberry · Linda Sue Park
- Red Kayak · Priscilla Cummings
- Romiette and Julio · Sharon M. Draper
- Ruby Lost and Found · Christina Li
- Sasha, My Friend · Barbara Corcoran
- Saving Sunshine · Saadia Faruqi
- Saving Zasha · Randi G. Barrow
- Sharing Susan · Eve Bunting
- Shark Summer · Ira Marcks
- Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe · Jo Watson Hackl
- Socks · Beverly Cleary
- Spying on Miss Müller · Eve Bunting
- Stand Up, Yumi Chung · Jessica Kim
- Star in the Storm · Joan Hiatt Harlow
- Stepping Up · Mark Fink
- Stuck in Neutral · Terry Trueman
- Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
- Swing · Audrey Meeker
- Taking Terri Mueller · Norma Fox Mazer
- Tangerine · Edward Bloor
- The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
- The Blackbird Girls · Anne Blankman
- The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
- The Gollywhopper Games · Jody Feldman
- The Goof that Won the Pennant · Jonah Kalb
- The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper · Jean Van Leeuwen
- The Grizzly · Annabel and Edgar Johnson
- The Hero of Bremen · Margaret Hodges
- The Library of Ever · Zeno Alexander
- The Magic Fish · Trung Le Nguyen
- The Magic of the Glits · Carole S. Adler
- The Perfect Score · Rob Buyea
- The Root Cellar · Janet Lunn
- The Stranger Next Door · Peg Kehret
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman · Gennifer Choldenko
- The Thing About Leftovers · C.C. Payne
- The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson · Carol Lynch Williams
- The Two Princesses of Bamarre · Gail Carson Levine
- There's a Bat in Bunk Five · Paula Danziger
- Unbreakable · Kami Garcia
- Variant · Robison Wells
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
- White Falcon · Elliott Arnold
- Wink · Rob Harrell
- Yellow Star · Jennifer Roy
- Zen and the Art of Faking It · Jordan Sonnenblick
- Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
- Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton
- ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat · Raúl the Third III
- A Time of Troubles · Pieter Van Raven
- Dobry · Monica Shannon
- Genesis Begins Again · Alicia D. Williams
- Heaven · Angela Johnson
- Roller Skates · Ruth Sawyer
- The Diary of Anne Frank · Frances Goodrich
- The Honorable Prison · Lyll Becerra de Jenkins
- Two Suns in the Sky · Miriam Bat-Ami
- Worth · A. LaFaye
- Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life · Rachel Renée Russell
- Look Both Ways · Jason Reynolds
- Save Me a Seat · Sarah Weeks
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Frequently asked questions
What realistic fiction books are good for 7th grade students?
169 realistic fiction books have a grade range that covers 7th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these realistic fiction books grade-appropriate for 7th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 7th grade. The typical 7th grade text-complexity band is 925–1185L (Common Core Appendix A); of the 7 books here with a Lexile score, 0 are grade-level, 7 more accessible, and 0 a stretch. Match a book to your reader's measured Lexile rather than to the grade alone.
How many realistic fiction books are on the 7th grade list?
This page lists 169 7th grade realistic fiction titles, most-assigned first (ties alphabetical). The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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