21 must-read realistic fiction books like The Year We Fell From Space by Amy Sarig King

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The Year We Fell From Space

By: Amy Sarig King

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The deeply affecting next book from acclaimed author Amy Sarig King. Liberty Johansen is going t…

"The sky puts everything in perspective."

-Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space

"Polaris always points north. It's one of the only things I can count on. Every night it returns to the sky and does its job. If people were more like Polaris, maybe things wouldn't be so complicated."

-Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Year We Fell From Space by Amy Sarig King , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1)

By: Brandon Mull

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Mull's Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1) book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I'm the worst kind of criminal." "And what kind is that?" "The kind that got caught."

-Brandon Mull, Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1)

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2. The Seventh Most Important Thing

By: Shelley Pearsall

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It was a bitterly cold day when Arthur T. Owens grabbed a brick and hurled it at the trash picker. … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Pearsall's The Seventh Most Important Thing book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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3. Ban This Book

By: Alan Gratz

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Sta… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ban This Book book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Probably because for all the amazing things books can do, they can't make you into a bad person"

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

"She was disappointed, I could tell, and suddenly the only thing I wanted in the world was to please her."

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

4. Amina's Voice

By: Hena Khan

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simul… read more

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5. Please Ignore Vera Dietz

By: A.S. King

3.87

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's Please Ignore Vera Dietz book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"No one living understands dying."

-A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

"I was also built from delusional optimism and folly."

-A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

"Isn't it funny how we live inside the lies we believe?"

-A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

"I wish for world peace, because it's about as likely to occur anything else I can wish for."

-A.S. King, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

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6. How to Find What You're Not Looking For

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's How to Find What You're Not Looking For book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

Similar categories in Dave Eggers's The Eyes and the Impossible book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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8. The First State of Being

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's The First State of Being book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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9. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.54

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2) book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"

-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)

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10. Wildoak

By: C.C. Harrington

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maggie’s stutter makes going to school hard. She will do almost anything to avoid speaking in class… read more

Similar categories in C.C. Harrington's Wildoak book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5)

By: Jennifer L. Holm

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling SUNNY series continues as Sunny finds herself in the spotlight in a … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's Sunny Makes Her Case (Sunny #5) book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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12. Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4)

By: Terri Libenson

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author Terri Libenson returns with another endearing, relatable story of frien… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends #4) book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

13. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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14. The Skylarks’ War

By: Hilary McKay

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Clarry and her older brother Peter live for their summers in Cornwall, staying with their grandpare… read more

Similar categories in Hilary McKay's The Skylarks’ War book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"There were no rules, only consequences."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"There were not rules, only consequences"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"This was school, and everything he'd feared. Barren, jarring, stale, always lonely and never alone. He had known it would be bad, and it was."

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

"Away from the front, where the supply lines ran, there were rest camps and first aid stations, and even patches of farmland. Often at that time of year you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldie…"

-Hilary McKay, The Skylarks’ War

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15. The Collectors

By: A.S. King

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1) by Samantha  Larsen

16. A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1)

By: Samantha Larsen

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When Miss Tiffany Woodall assumes the identity of her half-brother after his death, she realizes sh… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Larsen's A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1) book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Where the Heart Is

By: Jo Knowles

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If home is where the heart is, what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the st… read more

Similar categories in Jo Knowles's Where the Heart Is book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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18. Ever Since

By: Alena Bruzas

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An intense, beautiful debut about the power of finding your voice and sharing your story after trau… read more

Similar categories in Alena Bruzas's Ever Since book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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19. King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

By: Kacen Callender

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid … read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Burst and swirl and fly around, their wings shining with all the colors of the universe."

-Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Gold)

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20. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

Cover of The Year We Fell From Space by Amy Sarig King

21. The Year We Fell From Space

By: Amy Sarig King

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The deeply affecting next book from acclaimed author Amy Sarig King. Liberty Johansen is going t… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • divorce
  • audiobook
"The sky puts everything in perspective."

-Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space

"Polaris always points north. It's one of the only things I can count on. Every night it returns to the sky and does its job. If people were more like Polaris, maybe things wouldn't be so complicated."

-Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space

Cover of Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

22. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"

-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

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23. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Wan-Long Shang's The Secret Battle of Evan Pao book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

24. Planet Earth Is Blue

By: Nicole Panteleakos

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Nova is eagerly awaiting the launch of the space shuttle Challenger--it's the first… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Panteleakos's Planet Earth Is Blue book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM by Toni Natalie

25. The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM

By: Toni Natalie

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As seen in the HBO docuseries THE A jaw-dropping insider look into the world of the so-called "Hol… read more

Similar categories in Toni Natalie's The Program: Inside the Mind of Keith Raniere and the Rise and Fall of NXIVM book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • audiobook
Cover of Switch by A.S. King

26. Switch

By: A.S. King

3.27

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A novel about isolation and human connection. Tru Beck is a teenage girl from Pennsylvania who l… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's Switch book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"When there is no time, life is a treasure hunt. Even if the treasure is ugly or dirty or feels like grit in your eye. When there is no time, everything else matters."

-A.S. King, Switch

"WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PAST Serve it with lemons and curdled milk with shortbread biscuits make the day gray spots of rain. Make a quilt out of the villains crochet the heroes together in a hat Wear th…"

-A.S. King, Switch

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27. Dig

By: A.S. King

4.16

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou?, Loretta the Flea-Circus Ring Mistress, and First-Class Malco… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Judging from our last fifteen flights, I can tell you that poverty is not a popular conversation choice in first class. Or any class. In any class. Going anywhere. Which is really handy for the peopl…"

-A.S. King, Dig

"Existence is wasted on the living." "You're stoned." She takes another pull of the cigarette. "What do you think happens when we die? You believe in Heaven and Hell and all that shit?" We're outside …"

-A.S. King, Dig

"I've never understood white people who can't admit they're white. I mean, white isn't just a color. And maybe that's the problem for them. White is a passport. It's a ticket. The world is a white amu…"

-A.S. King, Dig

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28. Just Keep Walking

By: Erin Soderberg Downing

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two years after her parents’ surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find them… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • divorce
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29. Clues to the Universe

By: Christina Li

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is buildi… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"Why had I ever thought my dad would be the superhero? Mom had been standing in front of me all along, holding our world up on her shoulders."

-Christina Li, Clues to the Universe

"Those were just successes. But how many failures did the scientists have to see? How many times did their rockets not orbit the planet, or not take off at all? How many times had they dreamed about l…"

-Christina Li, Clues to the Universe

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30. The First Magnificent Summer

By: R.L. Toalson

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Judy Blume meets Barbara Dee in this tender and empowering middle grade novel told in journal entri… read more

Similar categories in R.L. Toalson's The First Magnificent Summer book and Amy Sarig King's The Year We Fell From Space

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of Mostly the Honest Truth by Jody J. Little

31. Mostly the Honest Truth

By: Jody J. Little

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After Pop is sent back to rehab, Jane Pengilly arrives at her newest foster home determined to stic… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family

29 best-selling fiction books like The Year We Fell From Space by Amy Sarig King

Transform Your Habits

Wild Born (Spirit Animals, #1)

Brandon Mull

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Seventh Most Important Thing

Shelley Pearsall

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Please Ignore Vera Dietz

A.S. King

3.87

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Transform Your Habits

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer L. Holm , Tad Carpenter

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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