As he works through his often difficult relationships with his single mother, distant twin sister, his first boyfriend and an odd assortment of friends, a teenage boy learns about the wounds and healing brought by love.
Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction genre
A Ball For All
Max the mouse and his friends like to play ball except when the local bully Rico takes it from them. Max decides to invite him to come play with them.
When Heaven Fell
When her grandmother reveals that the daughter that she had given up for adoption is coming from America to visit her Vietnamese family, nine-year-old Binh is convinced that her newly discovered aunt is wealthy and will take care of all the family’s needs.
The Story of Cherry the Pig
The pig Cherry enters her incredible apple cake in the bake-off at the Harvest Festival.
It’s Raining
A Wordless book about a rainy day.
Halmoni’s Day
Jennifer, a Korean American, is worried that her grandmother, visiting from Korea, will embarrass her on her school’s Grandparents’ Day, but the event brings her understanding and acceptance.
Sergio And The Hurricane
A young boy is excited when he ears that a hurricane is coming to his oceanfront home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but when it comes, he learns how dangerous hurricanes can be.
Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda
In this story told mainly with words that begin with the letters “a,” “b,” and “d,” Bashful Bob, abandoned and raised by dogs, meets Doleful Dorinda, who deals with dirty dishes, and the two become fast friends and eventually heroes.
Simon Says : Seasons
Simon and the wind, Simon and the snowflakes, Simon welcomes spring and Simon in summer.
Almost Eden
Growing up in Mennonite community on the Canadian prairie in the late 1960s, Elsie, 12, blames herself when Mom is once again hospitalized for depression. Elsie has conversations with God, struggles to overcome guilt, and shares her honest desire to prove herself. Almost Eden is a beautiful portrait of a town, a family, and a young woman willing to challenge the things that don’t make sense to her, and to fix the things that don’t seem right.