# Realistic Fiction books about family life, fiction

**3** realistic fiction books that explore family life, fiction, 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:** family life, fiction
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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 family life, fiction reading list

- [Patron Saints of Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/patron-saints-of-nothing) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2019)_
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1999)_
- [Striped Ice Cream](https://readinglist.school/book/striped-ice-cream) by Joan M. Lexau _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1968)_

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