# Realistic Fiction books about families

**3** realistic fiction books that explore families, 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:** families
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Realistic Fiction families reading list

- [Ava and Pip](https://readinglist.school/book/ava-and-pip) by Carol Weston _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2014)_
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6 · pub 2002)_
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1999)_

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