# Realistic Fiction books about neighbors

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

- [Backlash](https://readinglist.school/book/backlash) by Sarah Darer Littman _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2015)_
- [Hostage](https://readinglist.school/book/hostage) by Willo Davis Roberts _(Grades 3–8 · pub 2000)_
- [Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning](https://readinglist.school/book/violet-raines-almost-got-struck-by-lightning) by Danette Haworth _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2009)_

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