14 Best realistic fiction books like Beast Rider: A Novel by Tony Johnston

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Beast Rider: A Novel

By: Tony Johnston

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Beast Rider , award-winning author Tony Johnston and psychotherapist Maria Elena Fontanot de Rho…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Beast Rider: A Novel by Tony Johnston , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. I Am the Messenger

By: Markus Zusak

4.03

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

protect the diamonds survive the clubs dig deep through the spades feel the hearts Ed Kennedy… read more

Similar categories in Markus Zusak's I Am the Messenger book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"How’s yours?"

-Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

"I’m Angelina,"

-Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

"What do I do now?"

-Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

"My soul needs yours"

-Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

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2. When You Reach Me

By: Rebecca Stead

4.08

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

Miranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody w… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"What's the burn scale?"

-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me

"We have lunch at ten-forty-five,"

-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me

"It's crazy the things a person can pretend not to notice."

-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me

"She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school."

-Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me

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3. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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4. The Night Diary

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more

Similar categories in Veera Hiranandani's The Night Diary book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

5. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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6. Out of Darkness

By: Ashley Hope Pérez

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New Lo… read more

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7. The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)

By: Peter Brown

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Hardcover

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild… read more

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8. Patina (Track, #2)

By: Jason Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons--to escape the taunts from the kids … read more

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9. 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 Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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10. Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

By: Adib Khorram

4.24

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better K… read more

Similar categories in Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"How could I be a tourist in my own past?"

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"...love was and opportunity, not a burden."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

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11. We Deserve Monuments

By: Jas Hammonds

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a … read more

Similar categories in Jas Hammonds's We Deserve Monuments book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Home to the richest soil on Earth. A Great Place to Grow!"

-Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

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12. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

Similar categories in Shawn Peters's The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
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13. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Front Desk (Front Desk, #1) book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

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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 Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"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. The Unteachables

By: Gordon Korman

4.34

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what hap… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's The Unteachables book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Kid, that was something!"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Everybody hates something,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"Only ten months until June."

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

"It’s not just for little kids,"

-Gordon Korman, The Unteachables

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16. Free Lunch

By: Rex Ogle

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a w… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Free Lunch book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
"I don't know why, but I don't trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot."

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

"On the back, it has the address, and says, free lunch! A chill runs up my spine. I don’t know why, but I don’t trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it cos…"

-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch

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17. Northwind

By: Gary Paulsen

3.58

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The story of a young person's battle to stay alive against the odds, where the high seas meet a coa… read more

Similar categories in Gary Paulsen's Northwind book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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18. The Midnight Children

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.16

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary story about a family of runaways who take up residence in a small town, and the ou… read more

Similar categories in Dan Gemeinhart's The Midnight Children book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Stories, after all, are about choices."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"And determined is nearly always a very good thing to be."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"I’ll be your creep, Ravani Foster, if you’ll be my freak."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

"But the truth, sometimes, can be the cruelest thing of all."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Midnight Children

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19. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

By: Jason Reynolds

3.94

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a nove… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • childrens
  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Got it. Here's the thing. Kenzi here got a big heart. But that big heart happens to be in a small body. Now, I don't know about you, but I would hate for that heart to be broken because that body was…"

-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

"Difference: Then I think about Ms Broome's assignment. What could I be? What do I wish I could become to change the world? I think about telling Benni I might want to be wet cement to fill the cracks…"

-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

"A school bus is many things. A school bus is a substitute for a limousine. More class. A school bus is a classroom with a substitute teacher. A school bus is the students' version of a teachers' loun…"

-Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

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20. The Bridge Home

By: Padma Venkatraman

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulne… read more

Similar categories in Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"If I wanted a better future, I needed to change the life we had .Now."

-Padma Venkatraman, The Bridge Home

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21. Resistance

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in dange… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's Resistance book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
"In the knowing, there was peace."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

"But there is something a human can do that an animal never can. Create art."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Resistance

Cover of Wildfire (The Wilds, #1) by Rodman Philbrick

22. Wildfire (The Wilds, #1)

By: Rodman Philbrick

3.90

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfir… read more

Similar categories in Rodman Philbrick's Wildfire (The Wilds, #1) book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • survival
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
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23. Weird Kid

By: Greg Van Eekhout

3.73

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the… read more

Similar categories in Greg Van Eekhout's Weird Kid book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir) by Colin Kaepernick

24. Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir)

By: Colin Kaepernick

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Colin Change the Game is an inspiring high school graphic novel memoir for readers 12 and up from … read more

Similar categories in Colin Kaepernick's Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir) book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • middle grade
Cover of A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama by Ray Anthony Shepard

25. A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

By: Ray Anthony Shepard

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judg… read more

Similar categories in Ray Anthony Shepard's A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • middle grade
  • teen
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

26. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

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27. Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Johnson's Death at Morning House book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. Beast Rider: A Novel

By: Tony Johnston

3.80

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In Beast Rider , award-winning author Tony Johnston and psychotherapist Maria Elena Fontanot de Rho… read more

Similar categories in Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel book and Tony Johnston's Beast Rider: A Novel

  • survival
  • teen
  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

29. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

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20 Best fiction books like Beast Rider: A Novel by Tony Johnston

Transform Your Habits

I Am the Messenger

Markus Zusak

4.03

Transform Your Habits

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Crossover

Kwame Alexander

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Night Diary

Veera Hiranandani

4.22

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19 Top fiction books like We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Transform Your Habits

Only This Beautiful Moment

Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Luis Ortega Survival Club

Sonora Reyes

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

4.01

Transform Your Habits

We Deserve Monuments

Jas Hammonds

4.30

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