# Realistic Fiction books about behavior

**7** realistic fiction books that explore behavior, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Realistic Fiction  ·  **Theme:** behavior
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## Realistic Fiction behavior reading list

- [Bad Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/bad-kitty) by Nick Bruel _(Grades K–3 · pub 2005)_
- [Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/class-clown) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1987)_
- [Copycat](https://readinglist.school/book/copycat) by Ruth Brown _(Grades K–3 · pub 1994)_
- [Lulu's Mysterious Mission](https://readinglist.school/book/lulus-mysterious-mission) by Judith Viorst _(Grades 2–8 · pub 2014)_
- [Miss Nelson Is Missing](https://readinglist.school/book/miss-nelson-is-missing) by Harry Allard _(Grades K–3 · pub 1977)_
- [Night Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/night-hoops) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2000)_
- [Shoeshine Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/shoeshine-girl) by Clyde Robert Bulla _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1900)_

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