26 must-read realistic fiction books like Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

Cover of Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

Orange for the Sunsets

By: Tina Athaide

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, Tina Athaide’s unforgettable middle grade debut fo…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Knockout

By: K.A. Holt

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Levi just wants to be treated like a typical kid. As a baby, he had a serious disease that caused h… read more

Similar categories in K.A. Holt's Knockout book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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2. The Shape of Thunder

By: Jasmine Warga

4.17

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's The Shape of Thunder book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"

-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

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3. Clean Getaway

By: Nic Stone

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle grade road-trip story through Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Clean Getaway book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

4. Efrén Divided

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award! “We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel … read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Efrén Divided book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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5. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. Freeman's Alone book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of City Spies (City Spies #1) by James Ponti

6. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

Similar categories in James Ponti's City Spies (City Spies #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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7. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

By: Alan Gratz

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Two Degr… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga

8. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

9. Red, White, and Whole

By: Rajani LaRocca

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more

Similar categories in Rajani LaRocca's Red, White, and Whole book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."

-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole

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10. Allergic

By: Megan Wagner Lloyd

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel featuring a girl with severe allergies who just wants to… read more

Similar categories in Megan Wagner Lloyd's Allergic book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Your heart’s expanded enough, Mom! Let’s go!"

-Megan Wagner Lloyd, Allergic

Cover of From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) by Janae Marks

11. From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

By: Janae Marks

4.29

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"I’d already waited twelve years to speak to Marcus. How much longer would I have to wait for the truth?"

-Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington (Zoe Washington, #1)

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12. Before the Ever After

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's Before the Ever After book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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13. The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father g… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's The Canyon's Edge book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) by Stuart Gibbs

14. Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.33

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

From author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a new series about the world’s youngest and smart… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Gibbs's Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

15. The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in atti… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Peterson Haddix's The Secret Letters (Mysteries of Trash and Treasure #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Wild River (The Wild, #2) by Rodman Philbrick

16. Wild River (The Wild, #2)

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep on the first night of a white water rafting trip, when he's awoken b… read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's Wild River (The Wild, #2) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of A Whale of the Wild (Voice of the Wilderness #2) by Rosanne Parry

17. A Whale of the Wild (Voice of the Wilderness #2)

By: Rosanne Parry

4.14

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

In the stand-alone companion to the New York Times–bestselling A Wolf Called Wander, a young orca w… read more

Similar categories in Rosanne Parry's A Whale of the Wild (Voice of the Wilderness #2) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
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18. Wink

By: Rob Harrell

4.27

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

A wrenching and hilarious story about embracing life's weirdness and surviving an unthinkable diagn… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harrell's Wink book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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19. 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 Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"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 Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1) by Ann Clare LeZotte

20. Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)

By: Ann Clare LeZotte

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Deaf author and librarian Ann Clare LeZotte weaves an Own Voices story inspired by the true history… read more

Similar categories in Ann Clare LeZotte's Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Does being deaf determine my worth?"

-Ann Clare LeZotte, Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign #1)

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21. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) by Renée  Watson

22. Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1)

By: Renée Watson

3.97

Format: 177 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Hart loves to spend time with her friends, loves to invent recipes, and has a lot on her mind—… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Ways to Make Sunshine (Ryan Hart, #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1) by Dwayne Reed

23. Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1)

By: Dwayne Reed

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and heartwarming bounce-to-the-beat underdog story about a young rapper whose rhymes hel… read more

Similar categories in Dwayne Reed's Simon B. Rhymin' (Simon B. Rhymin', #1) book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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24. A Thousand Questions

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.20

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi’s middle grade novel tells the story o… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's A Thousand Questions book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Becoming Muhammad Ali by James  Patterson

25. Becoming Muhammad Ali

By: James Patterson

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Becoming Muhammad Ali book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica  Kim

26. Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

By: Jessica Kim

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Kim's Stand Up, Yumi Chung! book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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27. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

Similar categories in Libby Scott's Can You See Me? book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

Cover of A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks

28. A Soft Place to Land

By: Janae Marks

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Follow a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Joy Taylor has always believed home is the ho… read more

Similar categories in Janae Marks's A Soft Place to Land book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Sorry For Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley

29. Sorry For Your Loss

By: Jessie Ann Foley

4.25

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Printz Honor winner and William Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley’s latest YA novel is a comit… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Ann Foley's Sorry For Your Loss book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

30. Orange for the Sunsets

By: Tina Athaide

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, Tina Athaide’s unforgettable middle grade debut fo… read more

Similar categories in Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • uganda
  • cultural
  • africa
  • childrens
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist

31. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.33

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's jou… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero book and Tina Athaide's Orange for the Sunsets

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

30 must-read fiction books like Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

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Knockout

K.A. Holt

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Shape of Thunder

Jasmine Warga

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Efrén Divided

Ernesto Cisneros

4.29

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23 must-read fiction books like Sorry For Your Loss by Jessie Ann Foley

Transform Your Habits

Infinite in Between

Carolyn Mackler

3.59

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The Grief Keeper

Alexandra Villasante

3.39

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Girl on the Line

Faith Gardner

3.82

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The How and the Why

Cynthia Hand

4.21

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