# Realistic Fiction books about fathers and sons

**3** realistic fiction books that explore fathers and sons, 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:** fathers and sons
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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 fathers and sons reading list

- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1992)_
- [Mississippi Trial, 1955](https://readinglist.school/book/mississippi-trial-1955) by Chris Crowe _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2002)_
- [Worth](https://readinglist.school/book/worth) by A. LaFaye _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2004)_

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