18 Top realistic fiction books like Illegal (Disappeared, #2) by Francisco X. Stork

Cover of Illegal (Disappeared, #2) by Francisco X. Stork

Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

By: Francisco X. Stork

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be illegal in the United States?Life in Mexico is a death sentence for Emilian…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Illegal (Disappeared, #2) by Francisco X. Stork , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. When

By: Victoria Laurie

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Laurie's When book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

2. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

By: Erika L. Sánchez

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' hou… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

By: Dashka Slater

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives f… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • audiobook
Cover of Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1) by Rodman Philbrick

4. Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1)

By: Rodman Philbrick

4.16

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

Two boys - a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces - … read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty (Freak The Mighty, #1) book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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5. Ghost Boys

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.34

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Bear witness. My tale is told Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don’t let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again"

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

"Bear witness. My tale is told. Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don't let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

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6. Akata Warrior (Akata Witch, #2)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A year ago, Sunny Nwazue, an American-born girl Nigerian girl, was inducted into the secret Leopard… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Warrior (Akata Witch, #2) book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook

7. Trell

By: Dick Lehr

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From the co-author of Black Mass comes a gripping YA novel inspired by the true story of a young ma… read more

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8. Home of the Brave

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 364 pages,

Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never … read more

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Cover of Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1) by Lauren Wolk

9. Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

By: Lauren Wolk

4.18

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Medal Honor Title (2017) Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"All around us, birds woke up the sky."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

"Somewhere, excitement waited for me like an uncut cake."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

"Sometimes things come out right," she said. "Sometimes they don't."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

"Nothing less important in the eyes of God, Annabelle, than pretty."

-Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow #1)

10. Mississippi Trial, 1955

By: Chris Crowe

3.00

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel At first Hiram is … read more

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11. 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 Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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12. The Superteacher Project

By: Gordon Korman

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Gordon Korman, the bestselling author of Restart and The Unteachables, comes a hilarious new s… read more

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  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I understand," he announces finally. "It's because I'm‒different." Paul is amazed. "You learned that from the internet?" "Not directly Mr. Aidact explains. "But I accessed a database of books and mov…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

"Your jokes aren't even funny. What is this thing, anyway?' 'That's the beauty of it!' Oliver crows. 'It's nothing‒just some piece of junk from he supply closet. But you're freaking out because it cou…"

-Gordon Korman, The Superteacher Project

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13. Two Degrees

By: Alan Gratz

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Fire. Ice. Flood. Three climate disasters. Four kids fighting for their lives. Akira is ridin… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Two Degrees book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Cubs are super cute, but you do not want to come between a cub and it's mother. Momma Bear will wreck you."

-Alan Gratz, Two Degrees

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14. Ain't Burned All the Bright

By: Jason Reynolds

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ain't Burned All the Bright book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"What is life in a house underwater?"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

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15. Black Brother, Black Brother

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Black Brother, Black Brother book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

By: Pedro Martín

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more

Similar categories in Pedro Martín's Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."

-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir

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17. The Switch

By: Roland Smith

3.89

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more

Similar categories in Roland Smith's The Switch book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • family
  • audiobook
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18. Allies

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Alan Gratz weaves an array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyran… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Allies book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. Remarkably Ruby (Emmie & Friends #6)

By: Terri Libenson

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Pride. Popularity. Poetry? Middle school. Ruby and Mia are total opposites. Ruby is a little awk… read more

Similar categories in Terri Libenson's Remarkably Ruby (Emmie & Friends #6) book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. The Girl in the White Van

By: April Henry

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A teen is snatched after her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape—and rescue another kid… read more

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  • teen
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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21. We Are Not Free

By: Traci Chee

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the… read more

Similar categories in Traci Chee's We Are Not Free book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"...I'm not guilty of anything but being born with this face."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"We could do everything right, and they’d still think we were dangerous."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"Tyranny is locking us up. Tyranny is taking our freedom. Tyranny is right here. Tyranny is American."

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

"If someone always said, You have to do this for me before I do this for you, then nothing would ever get done"

-Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

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22. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
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23. Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

By: Nic Stone

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the stunning and hard-hitting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, incarcerated … read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2) book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise."

-Nic Stone, Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

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24. They Went Left

By: Monica Hesse

4.24

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over,… read more

Similar categories in Monica Hesse's They Went Left book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • family
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Choose to love."

-Monica Hesse, They Went Left

"Our minds are nothing. That's the biggest nothing, the reason we are still in the hospital. Our minds are soft. Confused."

-Monica Hesse, They Went Left

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25. Rated

By: Melissa Grey

3.59

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobilit… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Grey's Rated book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Noah: you two go in, get summer’s necklace thingie, get out, bring it to me and javi Javi: You and me? Noah: yeah I was gonna go over to your place if that was ok Javi: def ok Tamsin: ooooooooohhhh H…"

-Melissa Grey, Rated

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26. Thirst

By: Varsha Bajaj

4.14

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. … read more

Similar categories in Varsha Bajaj's Thirst book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

27. 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 Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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28. Deep Water

By: Watt Key

4.18

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade survival story about a scuba dive gone wrong and two enemies who must unite to survi… read more

Similar categories in Watt Key's Deep Water book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • contemporary
"When do we give up, Julie?" he said. "I don't know," I said. "Maybe you can't even if you want to."

-Watt Key, Deep Water

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29. Come On In

By: Adi Alsaid

3.94

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration,… read more

Similar categories in Adi Alsaid's Come On In book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. Broken Strings

By: Eric Walters

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-… read more

Similar categories in Eric Walters's Broken Strings book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • fiction
  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
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31. Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

By: Francisco X. Stork

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be illegal in the United States?Life in Mexico is a death sentence for Emilian… read more

Similar categories in Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2) book and Francisco X. Stork's Illegal (Disappeared, #2)

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • audiobook

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