# Realistic Fiction books about family problems

**4** realistic fiction books that explore family problems, 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 problems
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## Realistic Fiction family problems reading list

- [Daphne's Book](https://readinglist.school/book/daphnes-book) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–8 · pub 1983)_
- [High Heat](https://readinglist.school/book/high-heat) by Carl Deuker _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2003)_
- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1986)_
- [Perfect Chemistry](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect-chemistry) by Simone Elkeles _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2008)_

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