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Booktalks for the Genre Real Life:
Author Title Grade Level
Horvath, Polly The Canning Season 6 - 8
Gallo, Donald R. destination unexpected 7 - 8
Slade, Arthur Dust 6 - 8
Simons, Michael Pool Boy 6 - 8
Tanzman, Carol M. The Shadow Place 7 - 8
Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 6 - 8
Cohn, Rachel The Steps 6 - 7
White, Ruth Tadpole 6 - 8
DeFelice, Cynthia Under the Same Sky 6 - 8
Rottman, S. L. Stetson 7 - 8
Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl 6 - 8
Moore, Peter Blind Sighted 8 - 12
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Blizzard's Wake 7 - 12
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites 6 - 8
Blackwood, Gary Year of the Hangman 7 - 10
Oates, Joyce Carol Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 6 - 12
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees 6 - 12
Peck, Richard Fair Weather 5 - 8
Van Draanen, Wenielyn Flipped 6 - 12
Howe, James The Misfits 7 - 12
Hawes, Louise Rosey in the Present Tense 7 - 9
Powell, Randy Run if You Dare 7 - 12
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy 6 - 8
Klass, David you don't know me 7 - 12
Holt, Kimberly Willis Dancing in Cadillac Light 6 - 7
Chondenko, Gennifer Notes from a Liar and her Dog 6 - 8
DiCamillo, Kate The Tiger Rising 6 - 7
Creech, Sharon The Wanderer 6 - 8
Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk 7 - 12
Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder 5 - 12
Bauer, Joan Hope was Here 6 - 12
Appelt, Kathi Kissing Tennessee and other Stories from the Stardust Dance 7 - 12
Mikaelson, Ben Touching Spirit Bear 7 - 12
Hauser, Thomas Mark Twain Remembers 7 - 9
Cooney, Caroline Burning Up 7 - 8
Tashjian, Janet The Gospel According to Larry 7 - 8
Rennison, Louise Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging 6 - 7
Lynch, Chris Extreme Elvin 6 - 7
Harrison, Michael Facing the Dark 6 - 9
Ferris, Jean Love Among the Walnuts 6 - 12
Barron, T. A. The Merlin Effect 6 - 9
Bloor, Edward Tangerine 7 - 12
Griffith, Helen V. Cougar, a novel 6 - 8
Peck Richard A Long Way from Chicago 5 - 12
Cabot, Meg All American Girl 6 - 9
Hicks, Betty I Smell like Ham 5 - 8
Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 5 - 8
Bunting, Eve Jumping the Nail 6 - 9
Creech, Sharon Love that Dog 5 - 8
Fleischman, John Phineas Gage 8 - 12
DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie 6
Konigsburg, E.L. Silent to the Bone 8 - 12
Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl 5 - 12
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral 7 - 12
McDonald, Joyce Swallowing Stones 7 - 9
Zindel, Paul The Gadget 7 - 9
Tashjian, Janet The Gospel According to Larry 7 - 9
DiCamillo, Kate The Tiger Rising 6 - 7
Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons 5 - 7
Raskin, Ellen The Westing Game 5 - 7
Nixon, Joan Lowry Whispers From the Dead 6 - 8
Klass, David you don't know me 7 - 12
Hobbs, Will Downriver 6 - 8
Lubar, David Hidden Talents 5 - 7
Almond, David Kit's Wilderness 6 - 12
Ayers, Katherine North by Night 5 - 7
Haddix, Magaret Peterson Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey 6 - 9
Simmons, Michael Pool Boy 6 - 9
Swallow, Pamela Curtis It Only Looks East 6 - 7
Nixon, Joan Lowry Search for the Shadowman 5 - 6
Kerr, M.E. Slap Your Sides 7 - 10
Graff, Nancy Price A Long Way Home 6 - 8
Nixon, Joan Lowry The Other Side of Dark 7 - 12
Holt, Kimberly Willis When Zachery Beaver Came to Town 5 - 7
Fleischman, Paul Whirligig 7 - 9
Anderson, Janet S. The Last Treasure 6 - 12
Cabot, Meg All American Girl 8 - 10
Spinelli, Jerry Loser 5 - 6
Ferris, Jean Of Sound Mind 8 - 12
Miller, Mary Beth Aimee 9 - 12
Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder 7 - 9
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Blizzard's Wake 5 - 9
Peck, Richard A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories 5 - 8
Colby Rodowsky Clay 5 - 8
Kruger, Kobie The Wilderness Family At Home With Africa's Wildlife 8 - 12
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral 6 - 9
Korman, Gordon Son of the Mob 7 -10
Anderson, Laurie Halse Speak 8 - 12
Johnson, Angela The First Part Last 7 - 10
Clements, Andrew Things Not Seen 6 - 9
Lawrence, Iain Lord of the Nutcracker Men 4 - 8
Johnston, Tim Never So Green 7 - 9
Plum-Ucci, Carol The Body of Christopher Creed 7 -10
Martin, Ann A Corner of the Universe 6 - 8
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit: an American Legend 11 - 12
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit: an American Legend 11 - 12
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral 7 - 12
Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code 8 - 12
Cabot, Meg The Princess Diaries 6 - 9
Cabot, Meg The Princess Diaries 6 - 9
Brashares, Ann The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 6 - 8
Hobbs, Will Wild Man Island 6 - 10
Martin, Ann M. A Corner of the Universe 5 -78
Deans, Sis Every Day and All the Time 6 - 7
Spinelli, Jerry Milkweed 7 - 10
Nixon, Joan Lowry Nightmare 6 - 12
Bowler, Tim StormCatchers 6 - 12
Murray, Martine The SlightlyTrueStory of Cedar B. Hartley (who planned to live an unusual life) 6 - 7
Haddon, Mark the curious incident of the dog in the night-time 7 - 12
Peck, Richard Past Perfect, Present Tense 6 - 8
Winkler, David The Return of Calico Bright 8 - 12
Bloor, Edward Story Time 6 - 12
Moriarty, Jaclyn The Year of Secret Assignments 6 - 7
Philbrick, Rodman The Young Man and the Sea 6 - 12
Marsden, John Letters from the Inside 8 - 12
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral 6 - 12
Hartinger, Brent Last Chance Texaco 6 - 12
Soto, Gary The Afterlife 6 - 12
Konigsburg The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place 6 - 8
Carter, Alden Between a Rock and a Hard Place 6 -89
Paulsen, Gary Soldier's Heart 5 -89
Crutcher, Chris Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes 8 -12
Hemphill, Stephanie Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems 7 -12
Sones, Sonya one of those hideous books where the mother dies 6 - 10
Haddix, Margaret Peterson The House on the Gulf 6 - 12
Giff, Patricia Reilly Pictures of Hollis Woods 6 - 9
Brooks, Kevin Kissing the Rain 7 - 12
Clements, Andrew The Report Card 4 - 6
Hogan, Mary Serious Kiss 6 - 9
Lynch, Chris Who the Man 6 - 8
Shreve, Susan Under the Watsons' Porch 6 - 8
Zeises, Lara Contents Under Pressure 8 - 10
Curtis, Christopher Paul Bucking the Sarge 7 - 10
de Lint, Charles The Blue Girl 8 - 11
Allende, Isabel Forest of the Pygmies 7 - 11
Bartek, Mary Funerals and Fly Fishing 6 - 7
Van Velde, Vivian Now You See It . . . 6 - 12
Myracle, Lauren rhymes with witches 8 - 12
Lion, Melissa upstream 7 - 12
Hoffman, Nina A Stir of Bones 6 - 9
Myracle, Lauren Rhymes with Witches 9 - 12
Crutcher, Chris The Sledding Hill 7 - 12
Lucy Frank Lucky Stars 6 -89
Mark Peter Hughes I am the Wallpaper 6 -78
Myracle, Lauren The Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life 8 - 12
Gallo, Donald R. (Ed.) On The Fringe 7 - 12
Fredericks, Mariah Head Games 7 - 10
Hughes, Mark Peter I am the Wallpaper 7 - 9
Mosley, Walter 47 6 - 10
Lensky, Lois Indian Captive: the story of Mary Jamison 5 - 7
Dowell, Frances O'Roark Where I'd Like to Be 4 - 7
Hautman, Pete Invisible 7 - 12
Peck, Richard The River Between Us 7 - 12
Bledsoe, Lucy Jane The Antarctic Scoop 4 - 7
Cadnum, Michael Breaking the Fall 7 - 12
Pearson, Mary E. Scribbler of Dreams
Koller, Jackie French If I had One Wish 5 - 8
Bauer, Joan Best Foot Forward 7 - 10
O'Connell, Tyne Pulling Princes 7 - 10
Bauer, Joan Rules of the Road 7 - 12
Spiegelman, Art Maus, A Survivor's Tale & Maus, A Survivor's Tale II: and here my Troubles Began 6 - 12
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites 6 - 8
Dessen, Sarah The Truth About Forever 9 - 12
Hathorn, Libby Thunderwith 6 - 10
Silverstein, Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Reactor 8 - 12
Marsden, John So Much to Tell You 7 - 9
Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts 6 - 8
Klass, David You Don't Know Me 8 - 10
Adoff, Jamie Jimi & Me 6 - 8
Creech, Sharon Replay 6 - 7
de Guzman, Michael The Bamboozlers 6 - 8
Reiss, Kathryn Paperquake 6 - 8
Lubar, David Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie 7 - 10
Deuker, Carl Runner 8 - 12
Simmons, Michael Finding Lubchenko 8 - 12
Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade 6-8
Catherine Bateson Stranded In Boringsville 6-8
Judith O'Brien Mary Jane 6-12
Sherry Shahan Death Mountain 6-12
Carl Hiaasen Flush 5-8
Sonya Sones One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies 7-12
Sue Mayfield Drowning Anna 7-12
Weeks, Sarah So B. It 4-7
Going, K.L. Fat Kid Rules the World 8
Henkes, Kevin Olive's Ocean 5-8
Fensham, Elizabeth Helicopter Man 6
Frank Peretti Hangman's Curse 7 -12
Beverely Brenna Wild Orchid 6 -12
Wendy Mass A Mango-Shaped Space 6 -12
Lois Lowry Gossamer 5 -78
Jordan Sonnenblick Notes From the Midnight Driver 7 -12
Gordan Korman Son of the Mob 6 -12
Jerry Spinelli Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush 6 -12