# Realistic Fiction books about hope

**3** realistic fiction books that explore hope, 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:** hope
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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 hope reading list

- [The Honest Truth](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honest-truth) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8 · pub 2015)_
- [Seedfolks](https://readinglist.school/book/seedfolks) by Paul Fleischman _(Grades 5–8 · pub 1997)_
- [The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tenth-mistake-of-hank-hooperman) by Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2024)_

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