14 Best realistic fiction books like Friday Night Stage Lights by Rachele Alpine

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Friday Night Stage Lights

By: Rachele Alpine

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

THE CUTTING EDGE meets STEP UP in this hilarious M!X novel where the worlds of football and ballet …

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Friday Night Stage Lights by Rachele Alpine , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3) by Shannon Messenger

1. Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.49

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Sophie uncovers shocking secrets—and faces treacherous new enemies—in this electrifying third book … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • middle grade
"Hindsight is a dangerous game"

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

"Remember who you can trust, and keep them close."

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

"She wasn't going to cry. She was going to fight."

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

"I already did a cave of horrors thing with you a few weeks ago, and it wasn't awesome."

-Shannon Messenger, Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)

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2. Strangers on a Train (Nancy Drew Diaries #2)

By: Carolyn Keene

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Nancy and her friends take their detective skills on an Alaskan adventure in this second book of th… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Keene's Strangers on a Train (Nancy Drew Diaries #2) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • middle grade
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3. Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

Sophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeate… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • middle grade

4. 30 Days of No Gossip

By: Stephanie Faris

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Can a middle school gossip queen change her ways, or will she lose her BFF for good? Find out in th… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Faris's 30 Days of No Gossip book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade

5. Curse of the Arctic Star (Nancy Drew Diaries #1)

By: Carolyn Keene

4.21

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Nancy and her friends must navigate a cruise ship crisis in the first book of the Nancy Drew Diarie… read more

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6. Close to Famous

By: Joan Bauer

4.01

Format: 275 pages,

Foster McFee dreams of having her own cooking show like her idol, celebrity chef Sonny Kroll. Macon… read more

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7. The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, #1)

By: Meg Cabot , Josette Chicheportiche , None

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Library Binding

She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom... NEWS FLASH: Dad is prince of Genovia.… read more

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8. Geekerella

By: Ashley Poston

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Anything can happen once upon a con... When geek girl Elle Wittimer sees a cosplay contest sponsore… read more

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9. The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney (Devon Delaney, #1)

By: Lauren Barnholdt

4.36

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Mom says karma always comes around to get you, and I guess it's true. Because last summer I was a t… read more

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10. Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.10

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

A celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popular… read more

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11. Hot Cocoa Hearts (Wish, #3)

By: Suzanne Nelson

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Emery Mason hates the holidays. She's so over tinsel, secret santas, and excessive cheer. To make m… read more

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12. Never Evers

By: Tom Ellen , Lucy Ivison

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Kicked out of ballet academy and straight into a school ski trip, Mouse knows certain classmates ca… read more

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13. Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)

By: Shannon Hale

3.87

Format: 272 pages,

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simp… read more

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14. Playing Cupid

By: Jenny Meyerhoff

4.45

Format: 864 pages, Paperback

Clara Martinez knows what it takes to make a good match. So when her school assigns a project to cr… read more

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15. Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.20

Format: 160 pages,

Sophie Foster is on the run--but at least she's not alone. Her closest friends from the Lost Cities… read more

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16. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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17. The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abu… read more

Similar categories in Donna Barba Higuera's The Last Cuentista book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • middle grade
  • family
"Suma's eyes are still closed, and I can't tell if she's trying to forget, or to remember. Maybe stories are there to help us do both. I know stories can't always have happy endings. But if there are …"

-Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

Cover of Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

18. Maybe He Just Likes You

By: Barbara Dee

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee e… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Maybe He Just Likes You book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
"First rule of self-defense is: Don't ask your attacker for validation."

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

"I just meant this stuff with me is different . And I definitely wouldn't call it regular bullying." "So what would you call it, then?" I opened my mouth to answer. But I didn't have any words. Becaus…"

-Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You

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19. A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2)

By: Clare Mackintosh

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can't trust anything you see. Stranded in… read more

Similar categories in Clare Mackintosh's A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • contemporary
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20. Shake It Off (Wish, #8)

By: Suzanne Nelson

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Bria is used to city life in Chicago, but is headed to her aunt and uncle's Iowa creamery for the s… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Nelson's Shake It Off (Wish, #8) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
Cover of Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3) by Kelly Yang

21. Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3) by Maureen Johnson

22. The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)

By: Maureen Johnson

4.14

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone w… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • contemporary
"It’s good to be home,"

-Maureen Johnson, The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)

"Let her have her moose."

-Maureen Johnson, The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)

"The universe paid me in moose"

-Maureen Johnson, The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)

"She was exactly who she wanted to be."

-Maureen Johnson, The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)

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23. The Benefits of Being an Octopus

By: Ann Braden

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other … read more

Similar categories in Ann Braden's The Benefits of Being an Octopus book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
"Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone's dinner? No. It's a tool. Just the way a gun is. Just the way a chain saw is. Just don't give it to the wrong person."

-Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

Cover of TBH, This Is So Awkward (TBH, #1) by Lisa Greenwald

24. TBH, This Is So Awkward (TBH, #1)

By: Lisa Greenwald

3.61

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

To be honest, middle school is rough! Cecily, Gabby, and Prianka have been BFFAE since pre-K, so it… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
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25. Everything I Know About You

By: Barbara Dee

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Misfit Tally is forced to room with queen bee Ava on the seventh grade field trip to Washington, DC… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Dee's Everything I Know About You book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
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26. She's the Liar

By: Alison Cherry

3.95

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Abby arrives to Brookside Academy, she is determined to reinvent herself. Abby sheds her shy p… read more

Similar categories in Alison Cherry's She's the Liar book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
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27. Dear Friends

By: Lisa Greenwald

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Lisa Greenwald, the beloved author of the TBH and Friendship List series, comes a novel about … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Greenwald's Dear Friends book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
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28. Camp Famous

By: Jennifer Blecher

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Princess Diaries meets Harriet the Spy when Abby—the most ordinary girl in the world—finds hers… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Blecher's Camp Famous book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • contemporary
Cover of TBH, Too Much Drama (TBH, #3) by Lisa Greenwald

29. TBH, Too Much Drama (TBH, #3)

By: Lisa Greenwald

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Cece, Gabby, and Prianka can’t wait for Spirit Week, aka the last week of school before summer brea… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Greenwald's TBH, Too Much Drama (TBH, #3) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
Cover of The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei (Holly-Mei #1) by Christina Matula

30. The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei (Holly-Mei #1)

By: Christina Matula

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This debut middle grade series follows a girl finding her place in a brand-new world of private sch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Matula's The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei (Holly-Mei #1) book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • contemporary
Cover of Friday Night Stage Lights by Rachele Alpine

31. Friday Night Stage Lights

By: Rachele Alpine

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

THE CUTTING EDGE meets STEP UP in this hilarious M!X novel where the worlds of football and ballet … read more

Similar categories in Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights book and Rachele Alpine's Friday Night Stage Lights

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • family
  • football
  • contemporary

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Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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Maybe He Just Likes You

Barbara Dee

4.23

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A Game of Lies (DC Morgan, #2)

Clare Mackintosh

3.86

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Shake It Off (Wish, #8)

Suzanne Nelson

4.31

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Well, That Was Awkward

Rachel Vail

3.95

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Invisible Emmie

Terri Libenson

3.37

Transform Your Habits

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Brigit Young

4.15

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