16 Best realistic fiction books like Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi

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Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • romance
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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2. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Across the Desert book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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4. The Blackwoods

By: Brandy Colbert

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more

Similar categories in Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
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5. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Sugar Town Queens

By: Malla Nunn

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From LA Times Book Prize Award Winner and Edgar Award Nominee Malla Nunn comes a stunning portrait … read more

Similar categories in Malla Nunn's Sugar Town Queens book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • 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

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9. Dust & Grim

By: Chuck Wendig

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade adventure about rival siblings running a monster mortuary.​Thirteen-year-old Molly d… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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10. 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 Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • 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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11. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1) by Julie Kagawa

13. Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1)

By: Julie Kagawa

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl is the first book in a globe-trotting adventure that com… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1) book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

14. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi

15. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • romance
  • high school
  • teen
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
Cover of Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington

16. Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more

Similar categories in Mariama J. Lockington's Forever Is Now book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

17. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Black Bird, Blue Road book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork

18. I Am Not Alone

By: Francisco X. Stork

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in … read more

Similar categories in Francisco X. Stork's I Am Not Alone book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon

20. The Minus-One Club

By: Kekla Magoon

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down , Light It Up , and… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Minus-One Club book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • romance
  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Swag Is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist

21. The Swag Is in the Socks

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.15

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Xavier Moon is stepping out of the shadows when his great uncle gifts his with outlandish socks and… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's The Swag Is in the Socks book and Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook

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4.23

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