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 Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize Today would have been an ordinary Saturday, except that two things happened: 1) The peacocks escaped and 2) I started writing this story. Dad says if you want to write a story you should start by choosing a topic that you know a lot about. That's why this is a story a ...Show more
No Survivors (Liars #2) by Jack Heath
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Series: Liars
Kelton was the perfect hiding place. Until now... A plane crash destroys a house in Kelton. The cause of the accident is a mystery and all the passengers are missing. Jarli has been lying low since the crime boss known as Viper threatened his family. But then his Truth App uncovers a dangerous secret at ...Show more
What Lexie Did by Emma Shevah
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12
Lexie lives in London with her colourful Greek-Cypriot family - and she's devoted to her fragile cousin of the same age, Eleni, who has a heart condition. But after the death of their grandmother, Lexie tells a terrible, instinctive, jealous lie about an heirloom necklace, a lie that splits the family a ...Show more
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12
Revisiting once again the world of Raymie Nightingale, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo turns her focus to the tough-talking, inescapably tenderhearted Beverly. Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still. This was what Beverly wanted - what she always wanted. To get away. To ge ...Show more