Middle Reader 8-12 > Realistic Fiction
A genre of stories that are made up but could very well happen in real life. These stories often take place in settings familiar to your child — like schools — which makes them more relatable.
The Perfect Parent Project by Stewart Foster
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
'Two adults (or one) prepared to look after and love an 11-year-old-boy. And he promises to do the same for them'. All Sam wants is a family of his own, a home instead of a 'house' and parents he knows will still be there when he wakes up. Because Sam has been in and out of foster care his whole life an ...Show more
The Quicksand Pony by Alison Lester
$17.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
'Biddy, I'm sorry, we're going to have to leave her.' 'What?' Biddy struggled out of the quicksand. 'You can't leave her! The tide's coming in. She'll drown!' But the pony is trapped and Biddy is forced to go on without her. Next day the only signs of Bella are hoofprints in the sand with small footprin ...Show more
The Secret Journal (#2 Ella at Eden ) by Laura Sieveking
$15.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction | Series: Ella at Eden
Ella has settled in to life at Eden College. She loves her friends and exploring her new school. When she accidentally uncovers a hidden diary, Ellas curiosity is sparked. As she follows the clues in the diary, Ella discovers there is more to Eden College than meets the eye. Can she work out who wrote t ...Show more
New Girl (#1 Ella at Eden) by Laura Sieveking
$15.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction | Series: Ella at Eden
Ella has started at her new high school, and Eden College is everything she hoped it would be. She is getting to know her new friends and enjoying everything Eden has to o er. Until things start to get complicated. She accidently insults Saskia, the school diva, there could be a ghost in the dorm and it ...Show more
The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle Kadarusman
$14.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
A moving novel for middle-grade readers that is not about overcoming disability, but rather becoming one's truest self "Hummingbirds and angels don't need two good feet. They have wings." That's what Alba's mother always says. Of course, Alba doesn't have wings or two good feet: she has Cleo. Cleo is t ...Show more
We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad
$19.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that ...Show more
Hot Cold Summer (Choose Your Own Ever After) by Nova Weetman
$17.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction | Series: Choose Your Own Ever After | Reading Level: 10+
A pick-a-path series giving the reader the chance to make the decisions, and choose how the story goes! It's the last day of school and Frankie Jones is looking down the barrel of a long, hot, boring summer with only her guitar for company until ... 1. She gets a surprise chance to go to London. She's d ...Show more
Kate Dicamillo: Six Classic Novels by Kate Dicamillo
$59.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
For both Kate DiCamillo's staunchest fans and those just discovering this beloved author, here are six of her award-winning classics in one handsome boxed set. Add some magic to your personal library with six classics novels from Kate DiCamillo. From a boy who finds a tiger in the Florida woods to a for ...Show more
The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. Rauf
$15.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes another incredible story, told with humour and heart.'The boy's an absolute menace.''He's a bully. A lost cause!''What are we going to do with him?'I've been getting into trouble for as long I can r ...Show more
A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove by James Moloney
$19.95 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
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How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy
$16.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
Murphy Parker is going to be a songwriter, if she can ever find the courage to let anyone hear her music. When Murphy dares to play one of her songs in a music class, she's shocked by how much her classmates love it. And her. That is, until the next day, when they hear a suspiciously similar tune and ac ...Show more
Missing (Special Forces Cadets #2) by Chris Ryan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: Special Forces Cadets
From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with the second in his new action-packed series. Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet . . . In this second book, the cadets are sent to North Korea. A British agent investig ...Show more