# Realistic Fiction books about brothers and sisters

**10** realistic fiction books that explore brothers and sisters, 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:** brothers and sisters
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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 brothers and sisters reading list

- [A Door Near Here](https://readinglist.school/book/a-door-near-here) by Heather Quarles _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1998)_
- [A Family Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/a-family-apart) by Joan Lowery Nixon _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1987)_
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1977)_
- [All About Sam](https://readinglist.school/book/all-about-sam) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1988)_
- [Drive-By](https://readinglist.school/book/drive-by) by Lynne Ewing _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1996)_
- [I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato](https://readinglist.school/book/i-will-never-not-ever-eat-a-tomato) by Lauren Child _(Grades K–3 · pub 2000)_
- [Jake and Lily](https://readinglist.school/book/jake-and-lily) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2012)_
- [Loch](https://readinglist.school/book/loch) by Paul Zindel _(Grades 3–8 · pub 1994)_
- [The Lemonade War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lemonade-war) by Davies, Jacqueline _(Grades 4–6 · pub 2007)_
- [Who Needs a Bratty Brother?](https://readinglist.school/book/who-needs-a-bratty-brother) by Linda Gondosch _(Grades 3–5 · pub 1985)_

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