15 Best realistic fiction books like Someone New by Anne Sibley O'Brien

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Someone New

By: Anne Sibley O'Brien

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this companion story to I'm New Here, three elementary schoolers--who aren't new--begin to under…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Someone New by Anne Sibley O'Brien , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Out!

By: Arree Chung

3.64

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

After a long day, everyone is ready to settle down except the baby. When Jo Jo, the family dog, che… read more

Similar categories in Arree Chung's Out! book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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2. Malala's Magic Pencil

By: Malala Yousafzai , Kerascoët

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai's first picture boo… read more

Similar categories in Malala Yousafzai's Malala's Magic Pencil book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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3. I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too!

By: Rachel Isadora

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

* "Isadora's book about the five senses is aimed perfectly at another sense--kids' sense of humor."… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Isadora's I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too! book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. Roller Girl

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

For fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Smile, a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving j… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Jamieson's Roller Girl book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction

5. Amazing Grace

By: Mary Hoffman , Caroline Binch

2.62

Format: None pages,

Grace loves stories, whether they're from books, movies, or the kind her grandmother tells. So when… read more

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6. A Different Pond

By: Bao Phi , Thi Bui

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed poet Bao Phi delivers a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and s… read more

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7. Let's Do Nothing!

By: Tony Fucile

3.99

Format: 284 pages,

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8. The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1)

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Just what is the Gruffalo? He has terrible tusks... and terrible claws... and terrible teeth in … read more

Similar categories in Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo (Gruffalo, #1) book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

9. Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

By: Jonah Winter , Shane W. Evans

4.06

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family's tumultuous voting histo… read more

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10. Swim Team

By: Johnnie Christmas

4.28

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Mana… read more

Similar categories in Johnnie Christmas's Swim Team book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

By: Ibram X. Kendi

4.57

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Sou… read more

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"Black people will always find each other in the passage between death and America"

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

"And again we confront the problem of history: it's usually the powerful who get to write it."

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

"Z is for zealotry: national pride like an infinite zipline, hyperdrive, the fastest way down."

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

"There's dust, a scratch in a groove, and here we are repeating the same two seconds of "Strange Fruit."

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

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12. The Christmas Spirit

By: Debbie Macomber

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Two lifelong friends decide to trade places the week before Christmas and end up finding love along… read more

Similar categories in Debbie Macomber's The Christmas Spirit book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • fiction
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13. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

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14. Odder

By: Katherine Applegate

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, s… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Odder book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • realistic fiction
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Dreamers

By: Yuyi Morales

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative pow… read more

Similar categories in Yuyi Morales's Dreamers book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A picture book based on the popular spiritual. The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle t… read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
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17. Something, Someday

By: Amanda Gorman

4.38

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The stunning new picture book by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and Caldecott Honor-winn… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Gorman's Something, Someday book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book)

By: Tami Charles

4.52

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to Black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter, that the… read more

Similar categories in Tami Charles's All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book) book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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19. Abdul's Story

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A 2022 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids! A little boy who loves storytelling but strug… read more

Similar categories in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's Abdul's Story book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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20. Room for Everyone

By: Naaz Khan

4.40

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for every… read more

Similar categories in Naaz Khan's Room for Everyone book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. Your Name Is a Song

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.56

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little gir… read more

Similar categories in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's Your Name Is a Song book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • back to school
  • fiction
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22. The Remember Balloons

By: Jessie Oliveros

4.72

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

James’s Grandpa has the best balloons because he has the best memories. He has balloons showing Dad… read more

Similar categories in Jessie Oliveros's The Remember Balloons book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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23. Where Are You From?

By: Yamile Saied Méndez

4.38

Format: 32 pages, None

In which a girl who is asked where she's really from turns to her abuelo for the answer. read more

Similar categories in Yamile Saied Méndez's Where Are You From? book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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24. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice (Something Happened Series)

By: Marianne Celano

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Something Happened in Our Town follows two families—one White, one Black—as they discuss a police s… read more

Similar categories in Marianne Celano's Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice (Something Happened Series) book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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25. The Talk

By: Alicia D. Williams

4.58

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very d… read more

Similar categories in Alicia D. Williams's The Talk book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of Just Help!: How to Build a Better World by Sonia Sotomayor

26. Just Help!: How to Build a Better World

By: Sonia Sotomayor

4.09

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a fun and meaningful story abou… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Sotomayor's Just Help!: How to Build a Better World book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
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27. Remixed: A Blended Family

By: Arree Chung

3.55

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this companion to Arree Chung's stand-out picture book Mixed: A Colorful Story, the colors must … read more

Similar categories in Arree Chung's Remixed: A Blended Family book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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28. My Hair is a Garden

By: Cozbi A. Cabrera

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can't take any more. On… read more

Similar categories in Cozbi A. Cabrera's My Hair is a Garden book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey

29. Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

By: Jeanne Walker Harvey

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the life-changing power of art in this inspiring and stunningly illustrated picture book … read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Walker Harvey's Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
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30. Little Black Girl: Oh, the Things You Can Do!

By: Kirby Howell-Baptiste

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

An empowering and joyous picture book by actress Kirby Howell-Baptiste ( The Sandman ) that instill… read more

Similar categories in Kirby Howell-Baptiste's Little Black Girl: Oh, the Things You Can Do! book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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31. Someone New

By: Anne Sibley O'Brien

4.12

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In this companion story to I'm New Here, three elementary schoolers--who aren't new--begin to under… read more

Similar categories in Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New book and Anne Sibley O'Brien's Someone New

  • cultural
  • school stories
  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • picture books
  • back to school
  • fiction

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3.64

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4.28

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4.46

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Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

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Yangsook Choi

4.14

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Junot Díaz , Leo Espinosa

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