# Realistic Fiction books about nature

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

## Realistic Fiction nature reading list

- [A Week in the Woods](https://readinglist.school/book/a-week-in-the-woods) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2004)_
- [Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe](https://readinglist.school/book/smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-maybe) by Jo Watson Hackl _(Grades 4–7 · pub 2018)_
- [Touching Spirit Bear](https://readinglist.school/book/touching-spirit-bear) by Ben Mikaelsen _(Grades 6–9 · pub 2001)_

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