# Realistic Fiction books about diaries

**6** realistic fiction books that explore diaries, 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:** diaries
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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 diaries reading list

- [Ava and Pip](https://readinglist.school/book/ava-and-pip) by Carol Weston _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2014)_
- [Breathing Underwater](https://readinglist.school/book/breathing-underwater) by Alex Flinn _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2001)_
- [Diary of a Wombat](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wombat) by Jackie French _(Grades K–3 · pub 2002)_
- [Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-you-dare-read-this-mrs-dunphrey) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 6–9 · pub 1996)_
- [Henry Reed's Babysitting Service](https://readinglist.school/book/henry-reeds-babysitting-service) by Keith Robertson _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1966)_
- [Tangerine](https://readinglist.school/book/tangerine) by Edward Bloor _(Grades 2–8 · pub 1997)_

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