14 Top realistic fiction books like The Moon Within by Aida Salazar

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The Moon Within

By: Aida Salazar

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. A…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in The Moon Within by Aida Salazar , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A picture book biography of José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not kno… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Tonatiuh's Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

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2. The Red Pencil

By: Shane W. Evans , Andrea Davis Pinkney

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

"Amira, look at me," Muma insists. She collects both my hands in hers. "The Janjaweed attack withou… read more

Similar categories in Shane W. Evans's The Red Pencil book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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3. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's Ferris book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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4. Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1)

By: Flavia Z. Drago

4.38

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

This winning debut picture book from Mexican artist Flavia Z. Drago about finding the courage to ma… read more

Similar categories in Flavia Z. Drago's Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1) book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • fiction
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5. 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 Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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6. Other Words for Home

By: Jasmine Warga

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I am learning how to be sad and happy at the same time. Jude never thought she’d be leaving h… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's Other Words for Home book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Americans are obsessed with murder"

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"It seems like the kind of place where dreams could grow and live."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

"Mama hugs me and I hold her back. Sometimes all you can do is hold on."

-Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

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7. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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8. The Night War

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The Night War book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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9. Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away

By: Meg Medina

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Medalist Meg Medina comes the bittersweet story of two girls who will always be each o… read more

Similar categories in Meg Medina's Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

Cover of Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

11. Maizy Chen's Last Chance

By: Lisa Yee

4.29

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to The Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . . until now. Her… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

"Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy."

-Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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12. Across So Many Seas

By: Ruth Behar

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Behar's Across So Many Seas book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • family
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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13. Louder Than Hunger

By: John Schu

4.55

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more

Similar categories in John Schu's Louder Than Hunger book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
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14. When Clouds Touch Us

By: Thanhhà Lại

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the author's own childhood, this stunning novel in verse, sequel to the award-winning #… read more

Similar categories in Thanhhà Lại's When Clouds Touch Us book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
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15. Honestly Elliott

By: Gillian McDunn

4.33

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more

Similar categories in Gillian McDunn's Honestly Elliott book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"

-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott

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16. Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same--until Orchid Mason arrives. This contempor… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's Those Kids from Fawn Creek book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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17. The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

By: Estelle Nadel

4.48

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Polan… read more

Similar categories in Estelle Nadel's The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • middle grade
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18. 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 Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. The Other Half of Happy

By: Rebecca Balcárcel

4.12

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

12-year-old Quijana likes to say that she used to be Pangaea. Unsplit. Not half white or half Latin… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Balcárcel's The Other Half of Happy book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of The Moon Within by Aida Salazar

20. The Moon Within

By: Aida Salazar

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. A… read more

Similar categories in Aida Salazar's The Moon Within book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • queer
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21. Kareem Between

By: Shifa Saltagi Safadi

4.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh grade Syrian-Amer… read more

Similar categories in Shifa Saltagi Safadi's Kareem Between book and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade

18 best-selling fiction books like The Moon Within by Aida Salazar

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The Red Pencil

Shane W. Evans , Andrea Davis Pinkney

3.91

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Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (The World of Gustavo, #1)

Flavia Z. Drago

4.38

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The First State of Being

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4.14

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20 Top fiction books like The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

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Ferris

Kate DiCamillo

4.30

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A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Lisa Yee

3.82

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Erin Entrada Kelly

4.14

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