# Realistic Fiction books about orphans

**6** realistic fiction books that explore orphans, 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:** orphans
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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 orphans reading list

- [Eight Keys](https://readinglist.school/book/eight-keys) by Suzanne M. LaFleur _(Grades 4–6 · pub 2011)_
- [Greetings from Witness Protection!](https://readinglist.school/book/greetings-from-witness-protection) by Jake Burt _(Grades 6–8 · pub 2017)_
- [The Root Cellar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-root-cellar) by Janet Lunn _(Grades 6–8 · pub 1981)_
- [The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake](https://readinglist.school/book/the-secret-funeral-of-slim-jim-the-snake) by Elvira Woodruff _(Grades 4–6 · pub 1993)_
- [The Truth Trap](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-trap) by Frances A. Miller _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1980)_
- [Worth](https://readinglist.school/book/worth) by A. LaFaye _(Grades 4–8 · pub 2004)_

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